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Medication Management During a Hurricane or Flood Evacuation
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...
Pink Eye: When You Actually Need Antibiotic Eye Drops
Pink Eye: When You Actually Need Antibiotic Eye Drops By the Jase Medical Team It’s Monday morning, and your child wakes up with one eye crusted shut. You clean it up, get everyone out the door, and hope for the best. By 9:15, the school calls. Your child has pink...
Controlled Substances in a Disaster
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...
Your Medication Is on Backorder. Now What?
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...
What to Do When You Can’t Access a Pharmacy in an Emergency
What to Do When You Can't Access a Pharmacy in an Emergency By the Jase Medical Team A pharmacy doesn’t have to be in the path of a hurricane to suddenly become inaccessible. It can happen over a holiday weekend. A power outage can shut down the register and...
The Medical Layer Most Family Emergency Plans Never Include
The Medical Layer Most Family Emergency Plans Never Include By Aaron Asay, PA-C, DMSc I’ve been in the room when a disaster happens and a family is completely prepared in every way except the one that suddenly matters most. An elderly parent is evacuated from an...
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For Clinicians | Why Drug Shortages Happen and How Long They Actually Last
For Clinicians | Why Drug Shortages Happen and How Long They Actually Last By Dr. Jamie Wilkey, PharmD — Director of Clinical Strategy, JaseMedically reviewed and edited by Kristen Carpenter, PA-C Hi, I'm Jamie. I'm also a pharmacist. I've spent more than ten years...
For Clinicians | Psychiatric Medications in a Disaster
For Clinicians | Psychiatric Medications in a Disaster Why Stopping and Restarting Are Two Different Hazards By Dr. Jamie Wilkey, PharmD — Director of Clinical Strategy, JaseMedically reviewed and edited by Kristen Carpenter, PA-C Our last article ranked a patient’s...
For Clinicians | Which Medications Can’t Be Missed
For Clinicians | Which Medications Can't Be Missed How to Help Patients Rank their Medication List Before a Disruption By Dr. Jamie Wilkey, PharmD — Director of Clinical Strategy, JaseMedically reviewed and edited by Kristen Carpenter, PA-C September is National...
For Clinicians | Purulent vs. Nonpurulent Cellulitis
For Clinicians | Purulent vs. Nonpurulent Cellulitis What an Antibiotic Can't Do for a Wound By Dr. Jamie Wilkey, PharmD — Director of Clinical Strategy, JaseMedically reviewed and edited by Kristen Carpenter, PA-C Most of what goes wrong with a wound isn't fixed by...
For Clinicians | What Diseases Spread After a Hurricane, Flood or Fire
For Clinicians | What Diseases Spread After a Hurricane, Flood or Fire Ranked by the Surveillance Data By Dr. Jamie Wilkey, PharmD — Director of Clinical Strategy, Jase Natural disasters that displace a lot of people (hurricane, flood or wildfire) can lead to...
For Clinicians | Medication Exposed to Flood Water
For Clinicians | Medication Exposed to Flood Water The FDA Rule and Its One Exception By Dr. Jamie Wilkey, PharmD — Director of Clinical Strategy, JaseMedically reviewed and edited by Kristen Carpenter, PA-C Today we are covering three things: what FDA actually...