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Electronic Medical Record‐Integrated Pharmacogenomics and Related Clinical Decision Support Concepts
Author(s) -
Caraballo PJ,
Bielinski SJ,
St. Sauver JL,
Weinshilboum RM
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
clinical pharmacology and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.941
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1532-6535
pISSN - 0009-9236
DOI - 10.1002/cpt.707
Subject(s) - pharmacogenomics , clinical decision support system , electronic health record , electronic medical record , precision medicine , decision support system , clinical decision making , health records , data science , medical record , cognition , personalized medicine , computer science , clinical practice , health care , medicine , artificial intelligence , bioinformatics , intensive care medicine , pharmacology , family medicine , psychiatry , internet privacy , pathology , economics , radiology , economic growth , biology
Advances in pharmacogenomics (PGx) have the potential to transform healthcare by allowing precision medicine to become a reality. However, PGx knowledge is new, complex, and evolving, and relying on the cognition of clinicians alone is insufficient for clinical implementation. Integrating clinical decision support (CDS) tools in the electronic health record (EHR) is critical for translating PGx into clinical practice. Herein, we review current strategies to implement PGx using EHR‐CDS functionalities.