To-go medications as a means to treat discharged emergency department patients during COVID-19

Failure to obtain prescribed medications can lead to prolonged disease course, worsening conditions that prompt subsequent ED visits, and/or hospital admissions. In this work, we present a potential solution to enhance patients' access to medications during the COVID-19 pandemic, while eliminat...

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Published in:The American journal of emergency medicine 2021-03, Vol.41, p.239-240
Main Authors: Molina, Melanie F., Chary, Anita N., Baugh, Joshua J., Ludy, Stephanie, Ginart, Paul, Dadabhoy, Farah Z., Samuels-Kalow, Margaret E., Slutzman, Jonathan E., Raja, Ali S., Hayes, Bryan D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Medical Centers
Asthma
Cellulitis
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
COVID-19 - epidemiology
Disease transmission
Drug Prescriptions
Drug stores
Emergency medical care
Emergency Service, Hospital - organization & administration
Health risks
Humans
Medical records
Pandemics
Patient Discharge
Pharmacy
Pneumonia
Prepackaged medications
SARS-CoV-2
Social distancing
United States - epidemiology
Urinary tract diseases
Urinary tract infections
Urogenital system
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Summary:Failure to obtain prescribed medications can lead to prolonged disease course, worsening conditions that prompt subsequent ED visits, and/or hospital admissions. In this work, we present a potential solution to enhance patients' access to medications during the COVID-19 pandemic, while eliminating the need for patients to collect medications at public pharmacies, thus reducing risk of infection transmission. Not only does this process have the potential to improve medication adherence, reduce ED visits, and decrease indirect economic costs associated with patients waiting for medications, it may also help reduce infection transmission by preventing patients from needing to visit pharmacies where they might contract or spread COVID-19.
ISSN:0735-6757
1532-8171
DOI:10.1016/j.ajem.2020.05.095