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or many patients, the car ride home can be both pain- and
nausea-inducing. The thought of having to stop and drop off
prescriptions and either wait for them to be filled or return
later to the pharmacy is a huge dissatisfier.
In an effort to let patients travel non-stop to home with their medica-
tions in hand, we partnered with a pharmacy across the street to create
a free meds-to-beds program. We ask patients on admission if they'd
like us to fax their prescriptions to the pharmacy, which knows which
medications and what quantities to keep on hand. A pharmacy tech
delivers the medication to the patient or his family in PACU. The phar-
macy turnaround time is less than 30 minutes. We can educate the
patient about his medication before discharge as he takes his first dose.
Philip B. Binkley, MBA, BSN, RN
Houston (Texas) Methodist
Willowbrook Centerfield Surgery
pbbinkley@houstonmethodist.org
MEDS TO BEDS
Deliver Patients' Prescriptions Right to Recovery
• BEDSIDE SERVICE How would your patients like to get their post-op prescriptions filled — and delivered to their bedside —
while they're still in your recovery room?
Houston
(Texas)
Methodist
Willowbrook