VicTAG Chemotherapy Audit Toolkit
Key messages
- The Chemotherapy Audit Toolkit is designed for health services to implement best practice management of chemotherapy prescribing variations and to provide auditing methods that are targeted and validated
- The toolkit consists of two elements: a best practice framework for the evidence to patient process and a suite of tools for auditing variations in chemotherapy prescribing
- The tools have been piloted in Victorian hospitals.
The Victorian Therapeutics Advisory Group (VicTAG), supported by the Victorian Government, has commissioned the creation of a Chemotherapy Audit Toolkit for use by health services in Victoria.
To implement a tool:
- Start with the Process and Scope guide, and use the process within to determine scope and exclusions (in conjunction with the Exclusion Guide).
- Use the instructions and tool that relate to your electronic prescribing system (or paper-based if that is relevant).
The toolkit consists of three elements:
- A quality framework and explanatory notes
- Documents covering the process for implementing a tool
- A suite of tools covering various Electronic Prescribing Systems and paper-based prescribing
- CHARM: instructions, tool
- Paper-based systems: instructions, tool
- MOSAIQ: instructions
- ARIA: instructions, tool
- Epic: under development
- Cerner: under development
These documents are publicly available on this website for all health services to use.
Questions and comments can be provided to shaun.oconnor@dhhs.vic.gov.au
This project was supported by the Victorian Government