Pharmacogenomic alerts: Developing guidance for use by healthcare professionals.
Authors
Critchlow, James
Jackson, Sarah
Feger, Helene
Chaudhry, Afzal
Foley, Lorraine
Publication Date
2022-07Journal Title
Br J Clin Pharmacol
ISSN
0306-5251
Publisher
Wiley
Language
en
Type
Article
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Carter, J. L., Critchlow, J., Jackson, S., Sanghvi, S., Feger, H., Chaudhry, A., Foley, L., & et al. (2022). Pharmacogenomic alerts: Developing guidance for use by healthcare professionals.. Br J Clin Pharmacol https://doi.org/10.1111/bcp.15234
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Funder: NHS England; Id: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100013963
Funder: NIHR UCLH Biomedical Centre; Id: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100012317
Abstract
AIMS: For diseases with a genetic cause, genomics can deliver improved diagnostics and facilitate access to targeted treatments. Drug pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics are often dependent on genetic variation underlying these processes. As pharmacogenomics comes of age, it may be the first way in which genomics is utilised at a population level. Still required is guidance and standards of how genomic information can be communicated within the health record, and how clinicians should be alerted to variation impacting the use of medicines. METHODS: The Professional Record Standards Body commissioned by NHS England developed guidance on using pharmacogenomics information in clinical practice. We conducted research with those implementing pharmacogenomics in England and internationally to produce guidance and recommendations for a systems-based approach. RESULTS: A consensus viewpoint is that systems need to be in place to ensure the safe provision of pharmacogenomics information that is curated, actionable and up-to-date. Standards should be established with respect to notification and information exchange, which could impact new or existing prescribing and these must be in keeping with routine practice. Alerting systems should contribute to safer practices. CONCLUSION: Ensuring pharmacogenetics information is available to make safer use of medicines will require a major effort, of which this guidance is a beginning. Standards are required to ensure useful genomic information within the health record can be communicated to clinicians in the right format and at the right times to be actioned successfully. A multidisciplinary group of stakeholders must be engaged in developing pharmacogenomic standards to support the most appropriate prescribing.
Keywords
ORIGINAL ARTICLE, ORIGINAL ARTICLES, alerts, electronic health records, genomics, pharmacogenomics
Sponsorship
NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre (BRC‐1215‐20014)
Identifiers
bcp15234
External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/bcp.15234
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/333996
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