Health IT Analytics August 28, 2019
– As part of a four-year NIH study, Baylor College of Medicine has created guidelines for future efforts in precision medicine that aim to deliver personalized care.
NIH’s Electronic Medical Records and Genomics (eMERGE III) program coordinated activities at 11 clinical participant enrollment sites, with two sequencing centers and a coordinating center to analyze the DNA of more than 25,000 participants.
The Baylor College of Medicine Human Genome Sequencing Center was one of two Centralized Sequencing and Genotyping (CSG) Facilities, conducting the data analysis, generation, and clinical data reporting for more than 14,500 of the 25,000 participants in the program.
At clinical trial sites, participants submitted a blood sample and their DNA was sequenced using a custom...