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Countries around the globe have responded to pandemic preparedness and developed strategies to cope with the COVID-19 crisis. In this context, the role of healthcare professionals is of paramount importance. Pharmacists are playing a vital role in dealing, preparedness, prevention, protection, promoting access to medicines and to improve health outcomes during this crisis. In this context, “Drive-thru” pharmacy services improve access to medicines while ensuring the preventive measures suggested by the World Health Organization. This commentary provides an overview of opportunities and challenges related to the implementation of “drive-thru pharmacy services” and their role in improving public health during this crisis. Abstract
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Telehealth for global emergencies: Implications for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Anthony Smith, Emma Thomas, Centaine Snoswell … (2020)
The current coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is again reminding us of the importance of using telehealth to deliver care, especially as means of reducing the risk of cross-contamination caused by close contact. For telehealth to be effective as part of an emergency response it first needs to become a routinely used part of our health system. Hence, it is time to step back and ask why telehealth is not mainstreamed. In this article, we highlight key requirements for this to occur. Strategies to ensure that telehealth is used regularly in acute, post-acute and emergency situations, alongside conventional service delivery methods, include flexible funding arrangements, training and accrediting our health workforce. Telehealth uptake also requires a significant change in management effort and the redesign of existing models of care. Implementing telehealth proactively rather than reactively is more likely to generate greater benefits in the long-term, and help with the everyday (and emergency) challenges in healthcare.
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On the frontline against COVID-19: Community pharmacists’ contribution during a public health crisis
Cathal A. Cadogan, Carmel Hughes (2020)
The global spread of COVID-19 is placing unprecedented demands on healthcare services. In this time of crisis, innovative and adaptive methods of practising will be required across all health professions. In order to maximise the use of current available resources, it is vital that existing services are comprehensively reviewed and full use is made of any unrealised potential among healthcare providers. Community pharmacy is one of a number of health professions that has a key role to play in responding to the current pandemic. As the scope of community pharmacy practice varies considerably across countries, it is important to examine ways in which the profession can assist with the public health response to COVID-19 and maintaining the continuity of healthcare services. This article seeks to highlight roles and activities that community pharmacists can undertake to help in relieving pressure on other areas of the health service, such as general practice. This information could help to inform future decisions about the restructuring of existing health services by governments, public health bodies and policy makers in response to public health crises such as COVID-19.
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Recommendations and guidance for providing pharmaceutical care services during COVID-19 pandemic: A China perspective
Si-qian Zheng, Li. Yang, Peng-xiang Zhou … (2020)
Background The novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19), which was first detected in Wuhan City, has now became a pandemic that affecting patients around the world. Particularly, the community patient population are at high risk of infection and are facing potential failure of proper medication use during the pandemic. Objective To discuss community pharmacists’ role and the content of pharmaceutical care (PC) during the novel coronavirus pandemic to promote effective prevention and control and safe drug use of the community patient population. Method Collect and summarize the experience Chinese community pharmacies gained from providing pharmacy services during the COVID-19 outbreak, and taking the PC needs into consideration, analyze and discuss the methods and strategies that community pharmacies and pharmacists shall use to provide PC during the pandemic. Results Community pharmacy management teams shall support PC services by providing adequate supply of COVID-19 related medications and preventative products, following environment regulations, and providing sufficient staff trainings. Pharmacists shall use various approaches to provide PC services in drug dispensing, consulting and referrals, chronic disease management, safe use of infusions, patient education, home care guidance and psychological support to promote the COVID-19 pandemic control and ensure safe medication use of community patients during the pandemic. Conclusion PC services in communities during the COVID-19 shall possess different properties due to disease characteristics and related patients' need. Community pharmacies shall work as a strong supporter of patient's medication and protective equipment supply. Community pharmacists shall be prepared to provide skilled and effective PC services for community patient population to ensure medication safety and promote the overall COVID-19 pandemic control.
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Contributors
Rabia Hussain
Dalia M. Dawoud
Journal
Journal ID (nlm-ta): Res Social Adm Pharm
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Res Social Adm Pharm
Title: Research in Social & Administrative Pharmacy
Publisher: Published by Elsevier Inc.
ISSN (Print): 1551-7411
ISSN (Electronic): 1934-8150
Publication date PMC-release: 22 July 2020
Publication date (Electronic): 22 July 2020
Affiliations
[a ]Department of Social and Administrative Pharmacy, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800, Pulau Penang, Malaysia
Author notes
[∗ ]Corresponding author. rabia.hussain2010@ 123456gmail.com
Article
Publisher ID: S1551-7411(20)30601-X
DOI: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2020.07.015
PMC ID: 7373674
PubMed ID: 32792322
SO-VID: 973769be-8f90-4650-85bd-eaf9b8fd507a
Copyright © © 2020 Published by Elsevier Inc.
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Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active.
History
Date received : 19 May 2020
Date revision received : 11 July 2020
Date accepted : 13 July 2020
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Subject: Article
Keywords: covid-19,corona virus,community pharmacy,drive-thru pharmacy,value added services
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Keywords: covid-19, corona virus, community pharmacy, drive-thru pharmacy, value added services
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