Scoping review of enablers and challenges of implementing pharmacogenomics testing in the primary care settings.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Pharmacogenomic testing (PGx) plays a crucial role in improving patient medication safety, yet ethical concerns and limitations impede its clinical implementation in the primary care settings.

Aims

To systematically review the current state of PGx in the primary care settings and determine the enablers and challenges of its implementation.

Design

A scoping review was carried out by adhering to Arksey and O'Malley's 6-stage methodological framework and the 2020 Joanna Briggs Institute and Levac et al. DATA SOURCES: Cochrane Library, EMBASE, Global Health, MEDLINE and PubMed were searched up to 17 July 2023.

Eligibility criteria

All peer-reviewed studies in English, reporting the enablers and the challenges of implementing PGx in the primary c

SUBMITTER: Mai CW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11552560 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature