Identifying the Important Role Pharmacists Play Among Patients Delaying PCP Care During the Pandemic

Andrea Russo, MD, director, Electrophysiology and Arrhythmia Services, Cooper Hospital, discusses why there have been delays among patients making primary care visits, along with the impact this has on diagnosis, and she provides tips for health care providers—such as pharmacists that might be seeing patients more frequently than primary care doctors—on how to help patients as they wait to see their PCP.

Click here to learn more about the No Time to Wait campaign that Dr Russo discussed in her video. 

About Dr Russo:

Dr. Andrea Russo is the Director of Electrophysiology and Arrhythmia Services at Cooper University Hospital, Director of the CCEP Fellowship program and Professor of Medicine at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University. Dr. Russo received her medical degree from Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse, New York. She did her residency at the Medical College of Pennsylvania and her fellowship training at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Cooper Hospital. Dr. Russo has been recognized many times as a "Top Doctor" in Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey.