Cancer Crushing Prevention and Early Detection
To engage its community in cancer prevention conversations and improve screening compliance rates, this community non-profit cancer center developed and implemented a multifaceted public awareness campaign on the leading causes of cancer death in men and women, and the importance of cancer screenings and smoking cessation. It also partnered with senior leaders from dozens of the region’s largest employers to launch a successful workplace wellness program that promotes evidence-based practices to keep employees healthy by targeting the leading causes of cancer-related death.
The oncology pharmacy navigator is a new best practice model and an integral part of our multidisciplinary program at Legacy Cancer Institute in Portland, Oregon. An oncology pharmacy navigator is a specially trained pharmacist dedicated to providing medication management by educating patients and families about prescribed medications, improving drug adherence, maintaining accurate drug lists for individual patients, addressing drug-related symptoms quickly, and improving overall compliance with treatment plans. The financial burden of a cancer diagnosis is lessened because the oncology pharmacy navigator focuses on cost-effective therapy while also decreasing barriers to medication access and addressing patients’ financial concerns.
