Integrating Pharmacogenomics into Clinical Practice: Promise vs Reality.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Limited information is available regarding primary care clinicians' response to pharmacogenomic clinical decision support (PGx-CDS) alerts integrated in the electronic health record.

Methods

In February 2015, 159 clinicians in the Mayo Clinic primary care practice were sent e-mail surveys to understand their perspectives on the implementation and use of pharmacogenomic testing in their clinical practice. Surveys assessed how the clinicians felt about pharmacogenomics and whether they thought electronic PGx-CDS alerts were useful. Information was abstracted on the number of CDS alerts the clinicians received between October 2013 and the date their survey was returned. CDS alerts were grouped into 2 categories: the alert recommended caution using the prescription, o

SUBMITTER: St Sauver JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5600492 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature