The Electronic Prescribing (eRx) initiative is a Defense Health Agency, Pharmacy Operations Division project that allows civilian providers to electronically transmit prescriptions to military pharmacies.
More evident from high latitudes, a hemisphere's winter solstice occurs on the day with the shortest period of daylight and longest night of the year, when the sun's daily maximum elevation in the sky is at its lowest. Although the winter solstice itself lasts only a moment in time, the term sometimes refers to the day on which it occurs.
December Solstice: Shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. The December solstice is on either December 20, 21, 22 or 23. It is called Winter Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, where it is the shortest day of the year. In the Southern Hemisphere, it is the Summer Solstice and the longest day of the year. The North Pole is tilted furthest from the Sun. The North Pole is tilted furthest away from the Sun at the December solstice.