Electronic personal protective equipment: A strategy to protect emergency department providers in the age of COVID-19 | Zendy

Robert W. Turer | Zendy; Ian Rees Jones | Zendy; S. Trent Rosenbloom | Zendy; Corey M. Slovis | Zendy; Michael J. Ward | Zendy

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Electronic personal protective equipment: A strategy to protect emergency department providers in the age of COVID-19

Author(s) -

Robert W. Turer,

Ian Rees Jones,

S. Trent Rosenbloom,

Corey M. Slovis,

Michael J. Ward

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

journal of the american medical informatics association

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.614

H-Index - 150

eISSN - 1527-974X

pISSN - 1067-5027

DOI - 10.1093/jamia/ocaa048

Subject(s) - personal protective equipment , telemedicine , covid-19 , medical emergency , emergency department , pandemic , medicine , health care , nursing , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology , economics , economic growth

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.

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