Preliminary findings from a student pharmacist operated transitions of care pilot service.

Background And Purpose: Student pharmacists are well equipped to complete transitions of care (TOC) activities. This communication describes the implementation of a student-operated TOC pilot service at a community hospital and explores the clinical and educational findings of such a service.

Educational Activity And Setting: Patients admitted to the hospital were included in the service if they had a primary care provider from an affiliated ambulatory care office.

Improving the relative dose intensity of systemic chemotherapy in a community-based outpatient cancer center.

Purpose: This three-phase study was performed to improve the mean relative dose intensity (RDI) of chemotherapy administered to patients in a community-based outpatient cancer center.

Methods: Medical records were reviewed for patients who began receiving systemic chemotherapy for lymphoma or cancer of the breast, lung, endometrium, ovary, or colon. During phase 1, records were reviewed and the mean RDI was determined through collection of demographic, diagnostic, chemotherapy, and laboratory data.