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Developing A Home Based Chemotherapy Model, George Xiangyun Ye, Nathan Handley, Md, Mba, Maria Piddoubney, Pharmd, Gloria Espinosa, Pharmd, Judith Alberto, Pharmd, Adam Binder, Md

House Staff Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Conference (2020-)

Lessons Learned

• Based on our criteria, most medications can be administered in the home setting.
• A major barrier to administration at home is stability of medications at room temperature. This issue can be addressed by transporting and storing the medication in a refrigerated container.
• Expectedly, injectable drugs and medications with short infusion times that are stable at room temperature would be easiest to administer at home.

The Financial And Psychosocial Impact Of Medicinal Cannabis, Chris Ahmed, Andrew Lee, Amanda Campbell, Gregory Garber, Msw, Lcsw, Neil D. Palmisiano, Md, Brooke Worster, Md

Phase 1

Introduction: Therapeutic utilization of medicinal cannabis for symptom management in oncology patients is a burgeoning area of research focus. We hypothesize that medicinal cannabis use can result in subjective improvements in quality of life (QOL) metrics for cancer patients.

Methods: Adult palliative care patients at a medical oncology clinic are consented to the study after being certified to access medicinal cannabis. After three months, subjective changes in QOL, including well-being, financial burden, pain, chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting (CINV), and other categories are recorded via telephone interview. Responses are documented with a numerical Likert scale (from 1-5, with a score …