included FDA recommendations , scientific journals , experience of respected colleagues , and physician-specialty guidelines .
Conclusions
A PGx survey was deployed to obtain a better understanding of the knowledge and educational needs of the ACH prescribers .
The PGx survey showed that prescribing clinicians are interested in the opportunity to provide PGx testing to their patients . Prescribers recognized the need for additional information about PGx and welcome eLearning and specialty-specific educational sessions as alternative means of education . In addition , clinicians are concerned about cost , turnaround time , and efficacy of the test . Of note , a representative sample of younger clinicians ( resident house staff ) responded to the survey , perhaps presenting as a marker for their openness to considering PGx as part of their decision-making process .
Pharmacogenomics is fast becoming a mainstay for the 21st century health care delivery . Clinicians are open to learning more about the promise of PGx and eager to utilize this process to improve the quality of clinical care that they deliver to their patients .
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