title: Primary care providers' use of pharmacist support for delivery of pharmacogenetic testing.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate provider utilization of pharmacist support in the delivery of pharmacogenetic testing in a primary care setting.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two primary care clinics within Duke University Health System participated in the study between December 2012 and July 2013. One clinic was provided with an in-house pharmacist and the second clinic had an on-call pharmacist.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Providers in the in-house pharmacist arm consulted with the pharmacist for 13 of 15 cases, or about one of every four patients tested compared with one of every 7.5 patients in the on-call pharmacist arm. A total of 63 tests were ordered, 48 by providers in the pharmacist-in-house arm.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings suggest that the availability of an in-house pharmacist increases the likelihood of pharmacogenetic test utilization.
authors.affiliation: Duke Center for Applied Genomics & Precision Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Susanne B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Haga
authors.affiliation: Duke Center for Applied Genomics & Precision Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mills
authors.affiliation: Duke Center for Applied Genomics & Precision Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Jivan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Moaddeb
authors.affiliation: Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Allen LaPointe
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.affiliation: Duke Center for Applied Genomics & Precision Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Geoffrey S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Ginsburg
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods; D010595:Pharmacists; D000071185:Pharmacogenomic Testing / Q000379:methods*; D058007:Physicians, Primary Care; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D024382:Professional Role; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: delivery model; education; pharmacist consultation; pharmacogenetic testing