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Psychiatric Medications Need a Different Emergency Plan Part 2 of a two-part series on medication readiness during a disruption By the Jase Medical Team In Part 1 of this series, we asked a question most people have never considered: If you suddenly couldn't access...
Which of Your Medications Actually Cannot Wait? Part 1 of a two-part series on medication readiness during a disruption By the Jase Medical Team There are five prescription bottles sitting on your counter. You take all five regularly, you have some medication left in...
Wound Infection Signs: When to Use Antibiotics and When to See a Doctor By the Jase Medical Team It’s day three after you cut your forearm. Yesterday, the area around the cut was a little pink. Today, it looks angrier. Maybe it feels warmer, too. So you start...
September is National Preparedness Month, so we're spending it on the disasters that actually turn up in your patients' lives. One of them arrives with no smell, no color, and no symptom you can trust: carbon monoxide (CO). A family can be getting hurt for days...
The Most Common Infections You Can Get in an Emergency or Disaster By the Jase Medical Team When most people picture getting an infection after a hurricane or flood, they imagine contaminated floodwater, a cut on the leg, and some unusual bacteria they've been warned...
Medication Management During a Hurricane or Flood Evacuation By the Jase Medical Team The storm track shifts west, and suddenly you have an hour to load the car. Clothes are easy. Chargers, important documents, water...you know where those go. Then you get to the...
Controlled Substances in a Disaster: Why the Schedule on Your Prescription Changes Everything By the Jase Medical Team ou evacuated with four days of medication in your bag. Now you're two states from home, the pharmacy holding your prescription is closed, and you're...
For Clinicians | Controlled Substance Emergency Refill Rules: A Pharmacist's Q&A By Dr. Jamie Wilkey, PharmD — Director of Clinical Strategy, JaseMedically reviewed and edited by Kristen Carpenter, PA-C Hi again, it's Jamie, your pharmacist. Here at Jase, we...
Your Medication Is on Backorder. Now What? By the Jase Medical Team You’ve taken the same prescription for eleven years. You request the same refill from the same pharmacy, and this time the technician tells you: “It’s on backorder. No ETA.” You ask when it will be...