In a newly published paper, CHOP researchers described a method for rebuilding patient histories en masse to create gene-specific "footprints" in clinical records.
Working with clinical decision support vendor ActX, the suburban Chicago health system has seen strong demand for PGx and genetically informed preventive care.
In Phase 2 pilots, four healthcare organizations helped HL7 refine its FHIR Genomics specification but uncovered many remaining hurdles to true interoperability.
The EHR vendor is re-engineering its architecture to increase interoperability with genetic labs and merge genomic and pathology information at the point of care.
Some of the market's most influential voices, including Kári Stefánsson and Linda Avey, believe that consumer genomics is not on the way out but rather experiencing a period of transition.
A new UK government says socioeconomic factors, not genetics, account for disparities in deaths due to COVID-19 between ethnic groups, the Financial Times reports.
