Informatics to Drive Precision Medicine: From Data to Diagnostics
February 1, 2018
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Introductions
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The Promise of Precision Medicine
• “Global Precision Medicine Market to Reach $141.70
Billion by 2026”
• “Precision medicine market to skyrocket…”
• “Another win for precision medicine: FDA approves
companion diagnostic panel”
• “The Potential of Precision Medicine Rests in
Bringing Molecular Diagnostics to Market”
• “For Precision Medicine, the Future is Now”
Using molecular medicine & genetics to
diagnose, classify and treat patients
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Rapid Rise in Molecular & Genetic Testing
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But Challenges are Real – Complexity, Costs, Volume, Data
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Let’s Talk About It – Discussion Questions
Can you tell us a bit about your laboratory/institution?
• Hospital overview/type/size; size of lab
• What type of testing do you do? Volume?
• Types of genetic conditions tested for? Germline/Somatic
• Types of physicians receiving genetic testing reports?
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Let’s Talk About It – Discussion Questions
Why did you decide it was important to create a precision medicine/genetic
testing program at your institution?
• How are you making it a reality?
• Clinical care/quality drivers
• Business/differentiation drivers
• Importance of leveraging data across the care continuum, EMR connectivity
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Let’s Talk About It – Discussion Questions
What are major challenges you’ve faced, particularly around managing all of the
data genetic testing produces?
• How have you met these challenges?
• What advice would you give to someone starting a precision medicine program?
• Workflow, compliance, data management, reporting, interpretation challenges
• Variant assessment
• How are you addressing reimbursement challenges around genetic testing?
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Let’s Talk About It – Discussion Questions
With new information about genes and their disease associations emerging
daily, how do you provide the most up-to-date and accurate interpretations of
your genetic testing and ensure you are not missing anything?
• Shared/Pooled information sharing, collaboration
• Curated content for decision-support, knowledge-base
• Data filtration/annotation support
• Tumor Board
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Let’s Talk About It – Discussion Questions
Can you provide an example where precision medicine has impacted patient
outcomes that wouldn’t have been possible prior to genetic testing?
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Panelists
Thank you
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