Aligning Rx with DNA
The Pharmacogenetics Program is specifically designed for providers serving older adults in any setting. The program is a simple three-step process that facilitates DNA testing and aligns medications with the resident’s personal DNA. Polypharmacy is an ever-increasing problem in long term care and pharmacogenetics testing is a tool that can be utilized as part of a quality assurance and process improvement (QAPI) program. Additional benefits of pharmacogenetic testing are reduction of medications, reduced trial and error, less med pass time for nurse, and overall medication cost reduction.