PDX integrates YouScript’s risk analysis dashboard into Care Rx

SEATTLE — Pharmacists using PDX’s pharmacy software can now choose to provide patients with advice on the potential for adverse drug events based on their genetic risk with YouScript’s precision prescribing clinical decision support offering. The companies announced that partnership Tuesday, bringing pharmacists the ability to work with providers to order testing and optimize a patient’s drug and dose selection based on their DNA and other medications. 

 

“The entire PDX team is excited to work with YouScript and to offer customers the integration with YouScript's suite of services,” PDX VP Trey Ferguson said. “We believe genetics is a critical success factor in the future of pharmacy practice. YouScript’s expertise in this arena is evident and this integration with YouScript's capabilities will allow our shared Pharmacy partners to provide an enhanced level of patient care and safety.”

 

YouScript, which will be integrated into PDX’s Care Rx platform, offers a proprietary risk analysis dashboard that alerts pharmacists which patients are most susceptible to significant medication problems to enable proactive decisions and coordination with patients and physicians, the company said. The one-time test that patient’s pay for gives them a year’s access to YouScript alerts on any new prescription, with the option to continue based how the PDX-using pharmacy has chosen to participate. 

 

According to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, adverse drug events cause more than 100,000 deaths annually, contributing to more than 700,000 emergency room visits. YouScript said that a pilot study found that its tool reduces re-hospitalizations by 52% and emergency room visits by 42%. 

 

“By providing PDX’s vast network of retail pharmacists the capability to integrate YouScript into their Care Rx workflow, we are ensuring that the medications they dispense are the safest and most effective choices the current evidence allows for,” said YouScript CEO Kristine Ashcraft. “We are honored to work with PDX to further improve their positive impact on patient safety.”