Toolkit

Care Coordination: The Role of Pharmacy to Help Manage Patients with Cancer on Oral Oncolytics Resource List

With the guidance of its Advisory Committee and Partner Organizations, ACCC has developed a curated resource library that incorporates publications, tools, and other assets that can help care team members navigate the complex issue of coordinating care when dispensing oral oncolytics.

• Patient-Centered Medically Integrated Dispensing: ASCO/NCODA Standards Summary, JCO Oncology Practice
• Navigating specialty pharmacies to get oral agents to patients in a timely manner, Journal of Clinical Oncology
• Comparison of rates of adherence to oral chemotherapy medications filled through an internal health-system specialty pharmacy vs external specialty pharmacies, American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy
• The Oncology Pharmacy Navigator, Oncology Issues
• Optimize Oral Chemotherapy Management, Pharmacy Purchasing & Products
• Challenges to Oral Chemotherapy Adherence, U.S. Pharmacist
• Oral Anticancer Agents Require Multidisciplinary Approach, Clinical Oncology News
• Drug Repository Programs Address High Costs, Access, and Waste Issues When Appropriately Implemented, The ASCO Post
• Integrating Oral Oncolytics into Pharmacy Practice, ACCC Oncology Pharmacy Education Network
• The Role of the Oral Oncology Nurse Navigator, Oncology Issues

• Oral Chemotherapy Education Sheets: Developed in collaboration with ACCC, the Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association, the National Community Oncology Dispensing Association, and the Oncology Nursing Society, these education sheets are free patient resources that provide easy-to-understand information about oral cancer drugs.
• Oral Oncolytic Welcome Letter: Cancer programs and practices can edit this patient letter to help their patients better understand how to obtain prescribed oral cancer drugs.
• Guide on Oral Cancer Drugs: This online guide from the Oncology Nursing Society provides videos, resources, and information for patients on oral cancer drugs.
• Specialty Pharmacies and Cancer Treatment: 3 Things to Know: Cancer.Net provides easy-to-read explanations to help patients understand what a specialty pharmacy is, where they can find one, and how to obtain prescriptions from one.