Precision Medicine
Engaging Collaborators Across Government and Industry to Bring Precision Medicine to VHA
Care & Transformational Initiatives (CTI) is pursuing precision medicine to deliver a strategy that will drive clinical decision support to the point of care, enabling providers to create individualized treatments that work for Veterans. Thanks to increasing accessibility of sequencing technologies, precision medicine will enable innovative health care models in areas such as genomic disease risk assessment, pharmacogenomics, and precision oncology.
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Precision medicine allows VHA to tailor treatments to individual Veterans based on their health profiles, providing each Veteran with a unique health care experience.
The integration of a Genomic Laboratory Information Management System (GLIMS) with Cerner’s PathNet/Helix software solution will empower VA laboratories to study mutations in genes and expand molecular testing within VA Medical Centers (VAMCs). Connecting VA laboratories to the Cerner Reference Laboratory Network allows VAMCs to electronically order and report complex test results as structured data.
This investment in a GLIMS will improve the quality of cancer care for Veterans by expanding access to genomics testing and capturing data that can be analyzed and measured. The effort will eventually enable oncologists to recommend targeted therapy designed to attack specific mutations within a Veteran’s tumor.