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J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2020 Apr 2. pii: ocaa048. doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocaa048. [Epub ahead of print]
Electronic Personal Protective Equipment: A Strategy to Protect Emergency Department Providers in the Age of COVID-19.
Turer RW[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Jones I[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Rosenbloom ST[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]3,[/SUP][SUP]4[/SUP], Slovis C[SUP]2,[/SUP][SUP]5,[/SUP][SUP]6[/SUP], Ward MJ[SUP]2[/SUP].
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Abstract
Emergent policy changes related to telemedicine and the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) during the novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) have created opportunities for technology-based clinical evaluation, which serves to conserve personal protective equipment (PPE) and protect emergency providers. We define electronic personal protective equipment (ePPE) as an approach using telemedicine tools to perform electronic medical screening exams while satisfying EMTALA. We discuss the safety, legal, and technical factors necessary for implementing such a pathway. This approach has the potential to conserve PPE and protect providers while maintaining safe standards for medical screening exams in the ED for low risk patients in whom COVID-19 is suspected.
? The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Medical Informatics Association. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com.
PMID:32240303DOI:10.1093/jamia/ocaa048
Electronic Personal Protective Equipment: A Strategy to Protect Emergency Department Providers in the Age of COVID-19.
Turer RW[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Jones I[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Rosenbloom ST[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]3,[/SUP][SUP]4[/SUP], Slovis C[SUP]2,[/SUP][SUP]5,[/SUP][SUP]6[/SUP], Ward MJ[SUP]2[/SUP].
Author information
Abstract
Emergent policy changes related to telemedicine and the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) during the novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) have created opportunities for technology-based clinical evaluation, which serves to conserve personal protective equipment (PPE) and protect emergency providers. We define electronic personal protective equipment (ePPE) as an approach using telemedicine tools to perform electronic medical screening exams while satisfying EMTALA. We discuss the safety, legal, and technical factors necessary for implementing such a pathway. This approach has the potential to conserve PPE and protect providers while maintaining safe standards for medical screening exams in the ED for low risk patients in whom COVID-19 is suspected.
? The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Medical Informatics Association. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com.
PMID:32240303DOI:10.1093/jamia/ocaa048