Affiliation:
1. Department of Pharmacy, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
2. Department of Emergency Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
Abstract
Abstract
Purpose
Utilization of telemedicine and telepharmacy services has become increasingly popular, as specifically noted during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. This article describes the implementation of and services provided by emergency medicine pharmacists (EMPs) as part of a telemedicine team in the emergency department (ED).
Summary
This report describes the telemedicine and telepharmacy services provided to EDs in the Mayo Clinic Health System from the Mayo Clinic Rochester ED. Telepharmacy services provided by EMPs started in 2018. EMPs cover telepharmacy calls as part of their shift within the ED in Rochester. Recommendations and interventions are documented in the electronic medical record. A retrospective review evaluated interventions provided from November 18, 2018, through November 10, 2020. Baseline patient demographics, as well as the type and number of interventions provided by EMPs, hospital site, and time spent on the interventions, were collected. Telepharmacy consults could include multiple interventions and be classified as more than one type of intervention. During this time period, 24 pharmacists worked in the ED and were able to provide telepharmacy services. There were 279 consults included in this study, with 435 interventions. Most of the calls came from critical access hospitals (48.7%). The most common types of interventions documented were medication selection and dosing (n = 238), antimicrobials (n = 141), monitoring and follow-up (n = 65), discharge (n = 56), drug information (n = 55), and allergy review (n = 50).
Conclusion
Telepharmacy services can provide increased access to emergency medicine specialty pharmacists in areas that would not otherwise have these services.
Funder
Mayo Midwest Pharmacy Research Committee
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Subject
Health Policy,Pharmacology
Cited by
6 articles.
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