Consumer Genetics Conference The Consumer Genetics Conference (CGC) is a one-of-a-kind event that draws together a dynamic community of scientists, clinicians, technology innovators, and patients to discuss the burning issues around the analysis and deli

Genomic technologies hold the potential to improve diagnosis and treatment of inherited disease and cancer, as well as the move towards personalized medicine. However, genomic data is complex and is not well integrated with software systems to support existing diagnostics, such as anatomic pathology and clinical pathology reporting systems needed for integrated diagnostics.

This course is designed to educate practicing pathologists on the current molecular diagnostics technologies. This three part course is produced in collaboration between Cambridge Healthtech Institute and the College of American Pathologists.

In this DVD, we will discuss the potential benefits and risks involved in mining information outside of controlled trials to create insights on diseases, drugs, and patient populations and to optimize the conduct of clinical trials. Key topics to be addressed: •Using EHRs to support clinical protocol design, feasibility determination and optimization •Mining large EHR databases to support site identification through regional geographic heat maps •Leveraging EHRs for data-driven patient identification and recruitment: learning from the experience from a clinical research site •Understanding the limitations of current systems, including data quality issues •Recognizing the benefits and complexities of EHR–EDC integration •Navigating rules, regulations and policy: a US, EU and healthcare institution's perspective