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. 2017 Jul;18(10):1013-1025.
doi: 10.2217/pgs-2017-0038. Epub 2017 Jun 22.

Healthcare provider education to support integration of pharmacogenomics in practice: the eMERGE Network experience

Carolyn R Rohrer Vitek  1 , Noura S Abul-Husn  2 , John J Connolly  3 , Andrea L Hartzler  4 , Terrie Kitchner  5 , Josh F Peterson  6 , Luke V Rasmussen  7 , Maureen E Smith  8 , Sarah Stallings  9 , Marc S Williams  10 , Wendy A Wolf  11 , Cynthia A Prows  12
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Healthcare provider education to support integration of pharmacogenomics in practice: the eMERGE Network experience

Carolyn R Rohrer Vitek et al. Pharmacogenomics. 2017 Jul.

Abstract

Ten organizations within the Electronic Medical Records and Genomics Network developed programs to implement pharmacogenomic sequencing and clinical decision support into clinical settings. Recognizing the importance of informed prescribers, a variety of strategies were used to incorporate provider education to support implementation. Education experiences with pharmacogenomics are described within the context of each organization's prior involvement, including the scope and scale of implementation specific to their Electronic Medical Records and Genomics projects. We describe common and distinct education strategies, provide exemplars and share challenges. Lessons learned inform future perspectives. Future pharmacogenomics clinical implementation initiatives need to include funding toward implementing provider education and evaluating outcomes.

Keywords: clinical decision support; education; pharmacogenetics; pharmacogenomics; pre-emptive testing.

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Conflict of interest statement

Financial & competing interests disclosure

The Electronic Medical Records and Genomics Network was initiated and funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute through the following grants: U01HG006828 (Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center/Boston Children's Hospital); U01HG006830 (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia); U01HG006389 (Essentia Institute of Rural Health, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation and Pennsylvania State University); U01HG006382 (Geisinger Clinic); U01HG006375 (Group Health Cooperative/University of Washington); U01HG006379 (Mayo Clinic); U01HG006380 (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai); U01HG006388 (Northwestern University); U01HG006378 (Vanderbilt University Medical Center); and U01HG006385 (Vanderbilt University Medical Center serving as the Coordinating Center). This work was also supported in part by Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine. The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed.

No writing assistance was utilized in the production of this manuscript.

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