Genomic medicine requires high-quality data that can be readily accessed and applied in the patient care setting. Yet, despite improvements to electronic health record systems, much work remains to optimize their ability to support genomically informed care.
That’s the contention of a new white paper from the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange.
Written by WEDI’s Genomics Workgroup, the document asserts that for the potential of genomic medicine to be realized a computer-based infrastructure must be built to harness the power of clinical data linked with molecular data, to begin storing and utilizing genetic and genomic data from a centrally-managed resource.
