The Genomic Medicine Model: An Integrated Approach to Implementation of Family Health History in Primary Care

Personalized Medicine – As an essential tool for risk stratification, family health history (FHH) is a central component of personalized medicine; yet, despite its widespread acceptance among professional societies and its established place in the medical interview, its widespread adoption is hindered by three major barriers: quality of FHH collection, risk stratification capabilities and interpretation of risk stratification for clinical care.

The CLIPMERGE PGx Program: clinical implementation of personalized medicine through electronic health records and genomics-pharmacogenomics

Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics – The CLIPMERGE PGx Program is establishing a best-practices infrastructure for implementation of genome-informed prescribing using a biobank-derived clinical cohort, pre-emptive genetic testing, and real-time clinical decision support deployed through the electronic health record.