Year: 2018

Genetic clues in your mouth can predict if your next prescription will work using the right collection method and precision prescribing software. Your mouth harbors genetic clues about whether your medication will work and can rule out the possibility of an…

Imagine a passenger plane crashing once a day in the country, killing hundreds of people every day. That is the scope of the problem with adverse drug reactions, the 4th leading cause of death in the USA. A solution is now…

“Precision prescribing is a reality and it is a reality today. The degree of precision relies on accounting for the complex interplay of multiple variables including pharmacogenetics” – GenXys CEO – Karl Pringle We are excited to announce that Karl Pringle…

Personalized treatments for chronic conditions have the potential to transform the way we prevent and treat disease by tailoring prescriptions to each person’s unique genetic makeup and health information. The mainstream approach to chronic condition management assumes that all patients are…

Emerging digital health technologies offer doctors a deep view inside patients’ health and can speed diagnosis as well as treatment. As technology becomes more fundamental to healthcare, early detection, screening and personalized treatment technologies will lead to preventive healthcare and improvements…

Last week, the annual #BCTech Summit returned to Vancouver breaking attendance records drawing in more than 9,000 participants to nearly a dozen conference events with over 270 exhibitors and more than 200 speakers. The two-day conference brought together the brightest minds…

We have reached over 250 users in our medication decision support tool, TreatGx! Here is one of our patient stories using personalized medication options with TreatGx.   “Using TreatGxPlus was an amazing experience for me and I have seen a tremendous…

Closing the Evidence Gap Doctors, pharmacists, naturopaths, nurses, and other health professionals are able to write prescriptions within a regulatory framework identified by their professional organizations. All these bodies have remarkably similar approaches to prescribing as one might expect. They are…

As many as half of patients don’t take medications as prescribed, and 20% to 30% of prescriptions are never filled 1,2. This nonadherence to recommended treatment has dramatic effects on patients and the health care system. Lack of patient adherence leads…

Pharmacogenetics and medication decision support software can be used to find effective and safe antipsychotics for schizophrenia while preventing side effects. Schizophrenia is a severe, chronic mental health condition characterized by a variety of psychological and psychotic symptoms. Some of these…