Integrating pharmacogenomics into electronic health records with clinical decision support
- 1 December 2016
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy
- Vol. 73 (23), 1967-1976
- https://doi.org/10.2146/ajhp160030
Abstract
Existing pharmacogenomic informatics models, key implementation steps, and emerging resources to facilitate the development of pharmacogenomic clinical decision support (CDS) are described. Pharmacogenomics is an important component of precision medicine. Informatics, especially CDS in the electronic health record (EHR), is a critical tool for the integration of pharmacogenomics into routine patient care. Effective integration of pharmacogenomic CDS into the EHR can address implementation challenges, including the increasing volume of pharmacogenomic clinical knowledge, the enduring nature of pharmacogenomic test results, and the complexity of interpreting results. Both passive and active CDS provide point-of-care information to clinicians that can guide the systematic use of pharmacogenomics to proactively optimize pharmacotherapy. Key considerations for a successful implementation have been identified; these include clinical workflows, identification of alert triggers, and tools to guide interpretation of results. These considerations, along with emerging resources from the Clinical Pharmacogenetics Implementation Consortium and the National Academy of Medicine, are described. The EHR with CDS is essential to curate pharmacogenomic data and disseminate patient-specific information at the point of care. As part of the successful implementation of pharmacogenomics into clinical settings, all relevant clinical recommendations pertaining to gene–drug pairs must be summarized and presented to clinicians in a manner that is seamlessly integrated into the clinical workflow of the EHR. In some situations, ancillary systems and applications outside the EHR may be integrated to augment the capabilities of the EHR.Keywords
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