Practical Tips for Ambulatory Care in COVID-19: Lessons Learned in a New York Health System.

Although significant attention has been allocated to hospital management of COVID-19 patients during this pandemic, less discussed is the management of ambulatory patients. This has resulted in a challenge for ambulatory care providers in the management of COVID-19, particularly in areas with high disease prevalence. In this article, the authors share a pragmatic approach to ambulatory management of COVID-19 at Northwell Health, a large health system that employs approximately 300 primary care providers in the New York metro area.

Patterns and predictors of medication discrepancies in primary care.

Rationale, Aims And Objectives: Identifying medication discrepancies across transitions of care is a common patient safety problem. Research examining relations between medication discrepancies and adherence, however, is limited. The objective of this investigation is to explore the relations between adherence and patient-provider medication discrepancies, and to test the hypothesis that non-adherence would be associated with medication discrepancies.