Impact of transitioning inpatient chemotherapy regimens to the outpatient setting.

Background: Chemotherapy regimens historically have required admission of the patient to the hospital for extended infusions running over multiple days to complete each cycle of therapy. With the evolution of monitoring strategies readily available, a renaissance in patient care and healthcare cost utilization is necessary as transitioning the administration of these agents to the outpatient setting is seemingly achievable and is potentially more cost-effective.

Purpose: This evaluation sought to primarily measure cost-savings for an institution by transitioning inpatient chemotherapy regimens to the outpatient setting.

Cultural Competence Considerations for Health-System Pharmacists.

An introduction to cultural competency is provided for health system pharmacists, including communication tools and considerations to personalize care for diverse patient populations. Disparities in patient outcomes, health care utilization, and treatment adherence exist across diverse patient populations in the United States. Cultural competence of health system pharmacists is important to optimize medication use in diverse patient populations.