Table 1.

Essential elements of a multimodality cutaneous lymphoma clinic.

Job title	Number	Function
Heme/Onc Physician	1	Formulate patient’s management plan in coordination with the dermatologist
Dermatology Physician	1	Formulate patient’s management plan in coordination with the hematologist/oncologist
Disease Coordinator	1	Patient care coordination, determine master schedule
Primary Nurse	1	Triage patient calls, prior authorizations, patient education, patient care coordination
Clinic Nurse	1 or multiple	Update patient history, draw blood, triage patient calls
Medical Assistant	1 or multiple	Room patients, assist with biopsies
Pharmacist	1	Educate patients on new medications, assist with prior authorizations, work with patient assistance coordinator on financial assistance for medications
Patient Assistance Coordinator	1	Determine patient eligibility for financial assistance and file assistance applications
Nurse Practitioner	1	See patients with physicians, laboratory follow-up, medication refills, manage patient calls
Research Coordinator	1	Determine patient eligibility for biorepository, lymphoma database, consent patients
Fellow/Resident	1 or multiple	See patients with physicians, laboratory follow-up, medication refills, manage patient calls, research
Pathologist	1	Review outside pathology, interpret in-house biopsies, interact with Heme/Onc and Derm physicians
Students/Rotators	2 per clinic	See patients with the fellow and shadow physicians, research
Patient Revenue Cycle Specialist	1 or multiple	Makes appointment for new patient referrals. Requested outside records and pathology for review. After appointment, schedules return visits