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Cancer Drug Dose Rounding - Decreasing Drug Cost, Minimizing Waste and Improving Efficiency
Pricing: Free for Members and $30 for Non-Members
Course Description
There is a current mismatch between cancer drug dosing and the vial sizes, resulting in a significant amount of waste. Estimates are that the U.S. wastes billions of dollars per year. This session will review issues around drug waste, how dose rounding can reduce this, why dose rounding is appropriate, and how we can be more efficient in our care processes.
Faculty will present Mayo Clinic data on cost savings from a dose rounding program and show how using an automated dose rounding process can improve efficiency. They will summarize possible policy solutions to address the issue of drug waste and how institutions can begin to implement some of these now. The session will also include a payer perspective, reflecting and reacting to the work done at Mayo Clinic and how it may be applied elsewhere.
Target Audience
Pharmacists who practice in managed care settings.
Learning Objectives
At the completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Explain reasons for cancer drug waste and the cost impact.
- Discuss a rationale for why dose rounding is appropriate for cancer patients.
- Describe how automated dose rounding within an electronic health record can improve workflow efficiency for an infusion center.
Faculty
Tracy McDowd, PharmD, FAMCP
Manager, Clinical Pharmacy
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee
Hendersonville, TN
Vishal Shah, PharmD, MBA
Pharmacy Supervisor, Cancer Center & Investigational Drug Services
Mayo Clinic
Phoenix, AZ
Scott A. Soefje, PharmD, MBA, BCOP, FCCP, FHOPA
Director, Pharmacy Cancer Care
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Moderator
Scott A. Soefje, PharmD, MBA, BCOP, FCCP, FHOPA
Director, Pharmacy Cancer Care
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Financial Relationship Disclosures
| Faculty/Reviewer/Planner | Reported Relevant Financial Relationships |
Tracy McDowd | Disclosed no relevant financial relationships. |
Vishal Shah Faculty | Disclosed no relevant financial relationships. |
Scott Soefje Faculty | Speaker: Pfizer Consultant: Pi Health |
Maribeth Bettarelli | Employee: CVS Health |
Brittany Henry Planner | Disclosed no relevant financial relationships |
- If applicable, relevant financial relationships have been mitigated and documented.
- Content has undergone a peer review to ensure content validity.
Accreditation:
The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
ACPE UAN:0233-0000-23-016-H04-P • Activity Type: Knowledge-Based
Contact Hours: 1.25
Release Date: March 23, 2023 • Expiration Date: December 31, 2024
Activity Fee: Free for Members and $30 for Non-Members
Participants should claim continuing pharmacy education (CPE) credit for this home study activity only if they have not claimed credit for the live activity presented at AMCP 2023. CPE credit will be processed through the AMCP Learn portal and reported directly to CPE Monitor. Please allow 72 hours for processing and posting in your NABP account.
To receive credit for an online activity you must:
- Review the full content of the activity.
- Successfully complete the post-test (required to pass with a score of 70% or higher, it may be taken a maximum of three times).
- Complete a specific activity evaluation.
Available Credit
- 1.25 ACPE
The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. - 1.25 Certificate of Completion
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