Genomic Testing and Patients as " Perpetual " Lab and Hospital Clients

Dark Daily recently posted an article about how genetic testing results were being integrated into the EHRs of two major health systems and made more accessible for primary care (see: Genetic Testing as Part of Primary Care and Precision Medicine is Underway at NorthShore University HealthSystem and Geisinger Health). Below is an excerpt from the article:Clinical laboratories and pathology groups face a big challenge in how to get appropriate genetic and molecular data into electronic health record (EHR) systems in ways that are helpful for physicians.Precision medicine faces many barriers and this is one of the biggest. Aside from the sheer enormity of the data, there ’s the question of making it useful and accessible for patient care. Thus, when two major healthcare systems resolve to accomplish this with their EHRs, laboratory managers and pathologists should take notice. NorthShore University HealthSystem in Illinois and Geisinger Health System in Pennsylvania and New Jersey are working to make genetic testing part of primary care. And both reached similar conclusions regarding the best way for primary care physicians to make use of the information.One area of common interest is pharmacogenomics. At NorthShore, two genetic testing programs —MedClueRx and the Genetic and Wellness Assessment—provide doctors with more information about how their patients metabolize certain drugs and whether or not their medical and family histories suggest they need further, more speci...
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