As the oncology drug spend continues to rise, one hospital has taken action by adopting the proven practice of dose-rounding to cut chemotherapy costs significantly, according to a poster presented at the 2018 ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting in Anaheim, Calif.
“We’ve definitely had growing spend in oncology,” said Hugh Easley, PharmD, the director of pharmacy services at Kalispell Regional Healthcare, in Montana, and lead author on the poster (7-069). “And