Taking Your Pills on Schedule: Its Importance in Managing Cancer

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Topics Covered

• Overview of Cancer Treatments
• Definition of Adherence: Taking Your Pills on Schedule
• Its Important Role in Managing Cancer
• Barriers to Taking Your Pills
• Practical Tips to Overcome These Barriers, including Family, Partners & Others
• Computer, Tablet & Phone Reminders including Emails, Texts & Apps
• Planning Ahead: Lead Time in Refilling Prescriptions, Weekends, Travel & Holidays
• Communicating with Your Health Care Team about Adherence
• Reminders from Your Pharmacy & Pharmacist
• Clinical Trials on Adherence
• The Role of Telehealth/Telemedicine Appointments
• Guidelines to Prepare for Telehealth/Telemedicine Appointments, including Technology, Prepared List of Questions, Follow-Up Care & Discussion of OpenNotes
• Questions for Our Panel of Experts

Our Panel of Experts

Stewart B. Fleishman, MD

Former Founding Director, Cancer Support Services, Continuum Cancer Centers of New York, Author, Researcher in Oncology

Lisa M. Thompson, PharmD, BCOP

Clinical Pharmacy Coordinator Supervisor, PGY2 Oncology Pharmacy Residency Director, Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center

Charlotte Ference, MSW

Oncology Social Worker, Program Coordinator, CancerCare

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Workshop Date

This workshop was originally recorded on November 09, 2022.