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. 2016 Jan 20;6(1):4.
doi: 10.3390/jpm6010004.

Information Technology Support for Clinical Genetic Testing within an Academic Medical Center

Samuel Aronson  1   2 , Lisa Mahanta  3 , Lei Lei Ros  4   5 , Eugene Clark  6   7 , Lawrence Babb  8   9 , Michael Oates  10   11 , Heidi Rehm  12   13   14   15 , Matthew Lebo  16   17   18
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Information Technology Support for Clinical Genetic Testing within an Academic Medical Center

Samuel Aronson et al. J Pers Med. .

Abstract

Academic medical centers require many interconnected systems to fully support genetic testing processes. We provide an overview of the end-to-end support that has been established surrounding a genetic testing laboratory within our environment, including both laboratory and clinician facing infrastructure. We explain key functions that we have found useful in the supporting systems. We also consider ways that this infrastructure could be enhanced to enable deeper assessment of genetic test results in both the laboratory and clinic.

Keywords: GIGPAD; GeneInsight; LIMS; LIS; genetic testing process; information technology support.

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System functionality required to support the clinical genetic testing process flow.
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Clinician facing infrastructure.
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Infrastructure supporting the technical assay.
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Infrastructure Supporting Interpretation.
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