Known as an innovator in the use of electronic health records and care delivery models, Geisinger is looking to expand its successful precision health program nationally by leveraging its model of integrating genomics and data science into healthcare.
The integrated health services organization, based in Danville, Penn., has launched the Geisinger National Precision Health Initiative and appointed Huntington Willard, an expert in human genetics and genomics at the University of Chicago, to be director of the effort, which is setting up operations in the Washington, DC, area.