by kshughes | Jul 4, 2016 | Blog
Here are some online knowledge bases that may be useful. General resources Public Health Genomics Knowledge Base (v1.0) https://phgkb.cdc.gov/GAPPKB/phgHome.do?action=about Genotype/Phenotype Phenopedia Enter phenotype and identify genetic/genomic relationships...
by kshughes | May 15, 2016 | Blog
Genetic panels look at a large number of genes, many of which have no relation to the phenotype of the patient. Mutations found in these genes are known as incidental findings. The genetics community is divided as to how best to manage these incidental findings, but...
by kshughes | Mar 3, 2016 | Blog, Gail, Tyrer Cuzick
As the patient was 43 years old, then 13% would make sense as the average lifetime risk. Tyrer Cuzick and Gail are very different models and use different assumptions. Gail calculates risk of developing invasive breast cancer and Tyrer Cuzick calculates the risk of...
by kshughes | Feb 29, 2016 | Blog
Breast cancer risk models are becoming more important as we move into the era of risk based screening. We are providing this forum for people to ask and answer questions about breast cancer risk models in order to help clinicians better understand when and how...
by kshughes | Mar 4, 2014 | Blog
The Office of the National Coordinator has just released: Voluntary 2015 Edition Electronic Health Record (EHR) Certification Criteria; Interoperability Updates and Regulatory Improvements Which requires the use of the HL7 Pedigree standard, eliminating the option to...
by kshughes | Dec 25, 2013 | Blog, EHR Articles
I love this set of predictions: 5 Trends That Will Drive Health Care IT In 2014 Especially number 4: “4) First-generation EHRs will fail. As health care organizations move to adopt EHRs as part of the federal government’s meaningful-use program, the...
