Financial Impact of an Automated Oncology Dose-Rounding Initiative: One-Year Analysis.

Purpose: Infusion drugs are regarded as one of the high-cost health care expenditures. One approach to decrease drug expenditures is by dose-rounding biologics and cytotoxic agents. The Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association recommends that biologic and cytotoxic agents are rounded to the nearest vial size if they are within 10% of the ordered dose.

Evaluation of outpatient medication reconciliation involving student pharmacists at a comprehensive cancer center.

Objective: To determine the number of discrepancies and medication-related problems found as a result of pharmacy-led medication reconciliation involving introductory pharmacy practice experience (IPPE) students at a comprehensive cancer center.

Setting: Outpatient infusion center of a National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated and National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) cancer center.

Practice Description And Innovation: Third-year IPPE students contacted and completed medication reconciliation for 510 hematology/oncology patients scheduled for infusion center appointments without a coupled provider visit.