“Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) has announced plans to collect blood samples for genetic analysis from all consenting patients and then feed that information into a large database, allowing scientists to analyze patients’ genomes alongside detailed medical histories. The project aims to take advantage of the immense amount of patient information available in the hospital’s electronic medical-record system, which is one of the most sophisticated in the country and houses a level of medical detail missing from most large-scale genetic studies of disease. The project could also serve as a model for how to incorporate genomic information into both electronic medical records and clinical care.”
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Emily Singer, Technology Review, 12 June 2009
