Why Bag It For Healthcare Providers?

Learn about giving your cancer patients the most respected and comprehensive resource for patient education. The Bag It Bag includes publications and customizable tools designed to ensure your patients have access to current, credible information as well as tools to help them navigate their cancer.

We believe that patient education, along with support for their caregivers and advocates, leads to better outcomes.

Ordering Bag It Bags for Your Practice

Thank you for providing the valuable Bag It bag to your oncology patients and their families. We are excited to have our new, updated materials for 2019, as well as our new look!

We want to encourage your patients to use the materials and resources in the bag, as well as take advantage of our online Bag It Resource Center, where we’ve provided links to the materials in the bag, as well as links to other credible cancer resource websites.

There are 6 bags in a box. Order what you need, when you need it, to ensure you maintain an inventory. Patients often report never receiving a bag if one is not available to give them on the initial visit. Bag It bags are most frequently distributed at the time of diagnosis, but the information and resources are applicable at any stage of a patient’s treatment.

Ordering can be done as-needed, or you can set up an automatic order (weekly, monthly, bimonthly, or quarterly) order for delivery.

First-Time Orders
Thank you for your interest in the Bag It bag! Once you’ve placed your initial order, Bag It will generate a unique number for your practice, which can be used to simplify the process for future orders. Be sure to check out the Tips on how to share Bag It materials with your patients.

FAQs for Healthcare Providers

Does every patient receive a Bag It bag?

Yes. As part of their routine initial visit or as early as possible after diagnosis, present the Bag It Bag to each patient—early stage, long-term treatment/advanced cancer, all cancer types, all treatment types (including oral chemo and hormonal), and those with recurrent cancer who did not receive a bag previously. Bag It Bags are not meant for selective distribution. The information and resources included assist patients at the critical time of diagnosis and throughout the stages of survivorship. If a patient is not ready to use the Bag right away, please give it to a family member/friend/caregiver who is accompanying them. They can share it with the patient when they are ready and/or use the Bag themselves to assist the patient and for their own support.

As a medical provider, can I add my own materials to the bag?

Yes! Sections 3 and 4 of My Companion Guidebook are designated places for you to personalize the Bag for your patient before you give it to them. Here, you add pertinent details of their cancer type and diagnosis, reports, cancer-specific guidance, treatment plan, your practice information and other additional resources.

In Section 5, Resources, you can also add details about support services and programs that are offered by your organization or in the local community, such as support groups, complementary/integrative therapies, assistance programs and more.

We do ask that you maintain the integrity of the bag as provided to you by Bag It, and that you do not remove any Bag It identification or otherwise represent it as your organization’s resource without our prior approval.

Many practices and institutions prefer to have us co-brand or customize their Bag content to help “check the box” for patient education requirements for certifications such as QOPI, EOM, and CoC. If you are interested in these opportunities, we’d be happy to talk with you. Contact Crispin Goytia at Crispin@BagItCancer.org or call 520-337-2800.