Tanvi Patil, PharmD, BCPS

Medication adherence, the extent to which an individual’s behavior corresponds to a health care provider’s recommendations, remains an unaddressed challenge in health care.

Pharmacists are one of the most accessible health care providers and singularly well positioned to lead efforts in integrating pharmacogenomics testing to improve medication-related outcomes.

Atrial fibrillation is common, affecting approximately 5.2 million patients in 2010 in the United States, and this is projected to increase to 12.1 million in 2030.