TY - JOUR
T1 - Drive-thru pharmacy services
T2 - A way forward to combat COVID-19 pandemic
AU - Hussain, Rabia
AU - Dawoud, Dalia M.
AU - Babar, Zaheer-ud-din
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Elsevier Inc.
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/1/1
Y1 - 2021/1/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - COVID-19
KW - Corona virus
KW - Community pharmacy
KW - Drive-thru pharmacy
KW - Value added services
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85089250709&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.sapharm.2020.07.015
DO - 10.1016/j.sapharm.2020.07.015
M3 - Article
C2 - 32792322
VL - 17
SP - 1920
EP - 1924
JO - Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy
JF - Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy
SN - 1551-7411
IS - 1
ER -
