Primary Care Increasingly on the Front Lines of Clinical Genetics: Standard Practice and Data Concerns

Journal of Clinical Pathways September, 2020
Joel Diamond, MD, FAAFP

Abstract: Many health care leaders find themselves in an unexpected situation as market awareness around precision medicine grows: primary care providers increasingly have become the front line for genetic and genomic testing in their organizations. As a result, clinical leaders are realigning their precision medicine efforts to acknowledge the challenges and optimize the opportunities this paradigm shift represents. To make sure this durable data is able to be understood, shared, and leveraged, health care organizations must consider constructing appropriate and scalable technology systems.

Key Words: genomics, genetic testing, primary care, clinical genetics, health informatics

As market awareness around precision medicine grows, many health care leaders find themselves in an unexpected situation: primary care providers (PCP)—rather than other specialists and subspecialists—increasingly
have...

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