Now available through MedBen Rx, pharmacogenomic testing is transforming health care through safer and more effective personalized medicine. Determining how genes affect a person’s response to drugs not only improves patient outcomes, but it also helps control prescription drug spend.
KEY BENEFITS OF PHARMACOGENOMICS INCLUDE…
Optimizing drug efficiency. Pharmacogenomics enables providers to select the most appropriate drug and dosage based on a patient’s genetic profile. This approach maximizes drug efficiency, reducing the trial-and-error commonly associated with prescribing medications.
Lowering overall health care costs. Implementing pharmacogenomic testing can significantly lower costs through reduced hospitalizations, fewer emergency room visits, decreased need for additional treatments, and improved patient outcomes.
Reducing adverse drug reactions. Identifying genetic variations that influence drug metabolism helps predict which patients are at risk for adverse drug reactions (ADRs), allowing for medication adjustments. In turn, reducing ADRs leads to better patient safety and lower costs.
Improving chronic disease management. Pharmacogenomics enhances the management of chronic diseases by ensuring patients receive the most effective treatments from the outset. Improving outcomes reduces the financial burden of ineffective treatments and disease complications.
Preventing overmedication and polypharmacy. By providing insights into which medications are necessary and which can be avoided, pharmacogenomics helps to reduce the number of prescriptions and minimizes the risk of drug interactions.
Enhancing patient adherence. By reducing side effects and ensuring patients receive well-tolerated and effective medications, pharmacogenomics improves patient adherence to prescribed treatments, resulting in better outcomes and lower costs.
The pharmacogenomic test is simple… it takes just minutes and can be done in the privacy of your own home. All that’s required is a saliva swab, which you then send in a postage-paid package to the testing center. After your sample is tested, a team member will review your personalized genetic profile report with you.
If your plan doesn’t pay for tests, employees can buy them using their flexible spending account (FSA) funds!
Employing pharmacogenomic testing optimizes medication outcomes, reduces side effects, and prevents unnecessary hospitalization. Patients and employers alike benefit through lower costs and greater productivity.
Get more information about pharmacogenomics from MedBenRx.com or call us at 888-627-8683.