Covid Transition of Care 201

Provide the citation and a brief summary of the article you selected. Explain what you learned about transitions of care and what area of the continuum of care you plan to address.

SAMPLE SOLUTION

The selected article explored the impact that COVD-19 has on pharmacy transitions of care services. According to Herzik & Laressa, the emergence of COVID-19 has resulted in changes in the manner in which healthcare services are delivered. New healthcare measures prioritize the safety of healthcare works and those of patients. The pharmacy setting has also witnessed remarkable changes especially in bid to reduce physical contact in the drug discharge process. Besides reducing patient-provider interaction, the authors mention that there has been altered visitor policies which makes it challenging for care givers to have access to the best possible medication list that the patient was using before going to hospital.
Some of the remedies that the author puts in place in response to the COVID-19 challenges include reconciliation of admission medication, maintaining effective communication by providing patients with proper education and sensitization measures. Other measures include adopting Telehealth and phone health encounters that guarantee safety to patients. On discharge prescriptions, Herzik & Laressa argue that prescribers…