Reducing chemotherapy administration time on an inpatient oncology unit.

Purpose: Due to the multifaceted chemotherapy workflow within the hospital, many patients often experience delays in receiving their treatment. This study aims to evaluate the causes for chemotherapy administration delays and implement new methods to reduce delays from order release to chemotherapy administration on an inpatient oncology unit at a community-focused academic medical center.

Methods: In this prospective quality improvement study, we developed a process map to track baseline time stamps and utilized performance improvement tools to identify causes for chemotherapy delays.