Abstract
Purpose: An evaluation of the oral chemotherapy patient education process at one ambulatory cancer center identified a deficit in documentation in the electronic medical record (EMR) of many recommendations from the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) chemotherapy administration and safety standards. Aims: The aim of this quality improvement project is to evaluate the effectiveness of the implementation of two newly developed templates into the EMR at one ambulatory cancer center. Process: The project will evaluate effectiveness by comparing the frequency in documentation of 16 key elements pre and post implementation of the two new EMR templates. These 16 elements are recommended by ASCO/ONS to be included in the documentation of a patient education for oral chemotherapy. This project has been approved by both the East Tennessee State University and Ballad Health IRBs. After EMR system access is granted, there will be two chart reviews of patients newly started on oral chemotherapy. The first review will be prior to template implementation, and the other post implementation. Both reviews will abstract the frequency in documentation of the 16 ASCO/ONS elements using a data abstraction tally tool created by the project investigator. Results: Preliminary evaluation is ongoing. Limitations: This project only includes one cancer center, and therefore includes a small sample size. Conclusion: It is projected that by incorporating these national safety standards into the EMR, this will increase compliance and sustainability in the utilization and documentation of national guideline recommendations.
Keywords: Oral chemotherapy, adherence
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ETSU/oai:dc.etsu.edu:es-conf-1069 |
| Date | 14 April 2022 |
| Creators | Giles, Danielle |
| Publisher | Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University |
| Source Sets | East Tennessee State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | Epsilon Sigma at-Large Research Conference |
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