No time to waste: Decreasing patient wait times for chemotherapy administration using automated prioritization in an oncology pharmacy system

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 309-316

  Aboumatar, Hanan J ^a   Winner, Laura E ^a   Davis, Richard O ^a   Trovitch, Peter B ^b   Berg, Maureen M ^b   Violette, Katherina M ^b   Messersmith, Wells A ^b   Maylor, Karen K ^b   Lehmann, Christoph U ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ONCOLOGY; OUTPATIENT; PHARMACIST;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL;

EID: 43949088185     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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