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Make the most of your TRICARE Pharmacy Program benefit: How to use Q-Anywhere at military pharmacies
July 16, 2026 — Have you recently filled a prescription at a military pharmacy? If so, you may know that military pharmacies have different procedures than civilian pharmacies. When a provider issues a new prescription to a military pharmacy, you need to activate the prescription before a pharmacist fills it. Recently, the Defense Health Agency updated its Q-Anywhere feature to make this prescription pickup process easier and more convenient... MORE

Service member reaches toward shelves in a military pharmacy

Your TRICARE Pharmacy Program benefit: Creating a patient-centered military pharmacy experience
July 23, 2025 — Have you recently filled a prescription at a military pharmacy? If so, you may know that military pharmacies have different procedures than civilian pharmacies. When a provider issues a new prescription to a military pharmacy, you need to activate the prescription before a pharmacist fills it. Recently, the Defense Health Agency has developed and updated two tools — Q-Anywhere and ScriptCenters — to make this prescription pickup process easier and more convenient... MORE

Service member holds a brown paper bag next to ScriptCenter automated machine.

BAMC launches new texting option for prescription activation
October 3, 2022 — TRICARE beneficiaries will soon be able to activate their new prescriptions at the Brooke Army Medical Center Main Out-Patient Pharmacy and most of the outlying pharmacy locations with a few simple texts... MORE