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Incorporating Pharmacogenomics into Health Information Technology, Electronic Health Record and Decision Support

Abdullah Alanazi1

  • 1King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. anaziabdul@ksau-hs.edu.sa.

Journal of Medical Systems
|December 18, 2016
PubMed

Keywords:
Adverse drug reactionClinic recommendationsDecision Support Systems (DSSs)Electronic Health Record (EHR)Pharmacogenomics

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