The COVID-19 outbreak has necessitated cancer centers to rapidly develop screening protocols and explore telemedicine strategies to prevent infections. Advanced practitioners have been on the front lines of patient care and education, and we talk with two of them to see what their processes are and what other health-care providers can learn from their experiences.

Robert Hall, MSN, is an oncology/hematology nurse practitioner with a focus on myeloid malignancies and clinical research at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.

Sandra Kurtin, PhD, ANP-C, AOCN®, is an oncology/hematology nurse practitioner at the University of Arizona Cancer Center, and Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine and Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Nursing at the University of Arizona.

The Advanced Practitioner Society for Hematology and Oncology (APSHO) has compiled resources on COVID-19.