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The impacts of a pharmacist-managed outpatient clinic and chemotherapy-directed electronic order sets for monitoring oral chemotherapy.
October 29, 2017
Battis B, Clifford L, Huq M, et al. J Oncol Pract. 2017;23(8):582-590.
Oral chemotherapy regimens are complex and may lead to severe adverse drug events. In this pilot study, nearly half of patients enrolled in a pharmacist-run oral chemotherapy monitoring clinic experienced a medication-related problem. This finding is consistent with prior studies that demonstrated pharmacist oversight improves safety of oral chemotherapy.
