Conference Correspondent

Improving the Management of Patients on Oral Regimens

Conference Correspondent 
Beth Faiman, PhD, APRN-BC, AOCN
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Beth Faiman elaborates on her idea wish list of resources and tools that would help her to better manage patients on oral oncolytics.

I often think of what my wish list would be for in a perfect world, how I would manage patients on in all oral regimen. If I could have somebody that could create calendars for may patients.

We have lots of tools that auto‑populate. But with these complex regimens, it's a challenge to get the dates right. If they miss a dose, how does that address? If I could have somebody to create a calendar or tool to help manage, that would be great.

The pharmaceutical companies and the pharmacies have staff, as I mentioned before, that help remind me to refill. Because remember these drugs are dosed, most of them at a monthly basis. At the end of each month, many of the drugs have to be refilled.

If there is a delay in dispensing on my end and a delay in dispensing on the pharmacy end, then that could put the patients off schedule. Keeping those resources available, those reminders available help me to do my job and help the patient get what they need.

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