Register Login

Public Health Review

Search
PDF

Published

2023-05-01

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 1 (2023)

Section

Public Health Practice

License

Copyright (c) 2023 Luis Castro, Ryan D. Morgan, Rohan S. Pense, Dr. Courtney M. Queen

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

All articles published in the Public Health Review are distributed with a Creative Commons Noncommercial Attribution license (CC BY-NC 4.0). This means that each author holds the copyright to their work, and grants users the rights to: share (copy and/or redistribute the material in any medium or format) or adapt (remix, transform, and/or build upon the material) the article, as long as the original author and source are cited, and the use is for noncommercial purposes. Permission is not needed for these noncommercial uses. Read the summary terms, or the full legal license code.

Drive-thru clinics: a new model of healthcare delivery and future directions - a Lubbock, Texas experience

Luis Castro

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Ryan D. Morgan

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Department of Medical Education

Rohan S. Pendse

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Department of Medical Education

Dr. Courtney M. Queen

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Julia Jones Matthews School of Population and Public Health

Abstract

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic infected hundreds of millions of people worldwide and had important ramifications for the way we deliver healthcare. In order to minimize the spread of disease, drive-thru testing lines became commonplace. Out of the drive-thru testing lines, the concept of a fully operational family medicine drive-thru clinic was created. Drive-thru clinics increase patient accessibility and minimize disease transmission among the acutely ill. It also opens the possibility of expanding healthcare access to surrounding rural communities and underserved communities. However, accessibility should be conducted responsibly to avoid jeopardizing patient safety. Public health implications and future directions are discussed.

Image of University M logo with text Libraries Publishing

Contact Publishing Services | Acceptable Use of IT Resources

The copyright of these individual works published by the University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing remains with the original creator or editorial team. For uses beyond those covered by law or the Creative Commons license, permission to reuse should be sought directly from the copyright owner listed on each article.