The impacts of a pharmacist-managed outpatient clinic and chemotherapy-directed electronic order sets for monitoring oral chemotherapy.

Battis B, Clifford L, Huq M, Pejoro E, Mambourg S. J Oncol Pharm Pract. 2016 Oct 12; [Epub ahead of print].

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 studiesthat demonstrated pharmacist oversight improves safety of oral chemotherapy.

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