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Oncology Pharmacy Virginia Oncology Associates
Oncology pharmacy services include comprehensive
patient education, continuity of care, convenience, and
access to a pharmacist specializing in cancer and treatment.
These services include mixing of chemotherapy products
for physicians offices, providing take home prescriptions
in some offices, and filling research prescriptions. The
pharmacist providing these services is specially trained
to support cancer patients being cared for by VOA professionals.
The pharmacists provide support to both physicians and
nurses allowing them to perform more complicated therapies
in the outpatient setting rather than in the hospital.
This results in reduced health care costs as well as improved
patient satisfaction through convenience. The pharmacy,
through the development of cost effective results oriented
drug usage protocols and evaluation of drug utilization
helps lower costs and improve patient care.
Oncology pharmacy services are ultimately for the patients
benefit to ensure the patients will be much more satisfied
with the overall cancer treatment experience. |
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