OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this paper is to review the role of the family history in predictive
genetic testing, describe how family history taking is practiced in adult primary care, identify …

Digital health solutions, with apps, virtual care, and electronic medical records, are gaining
momentum across all medical disciplines, and their adoption has been accelerated, in part …

As prenatal tests proliferate, the medical and broader communities perceive that such testing
is a logical extension of good prenatal care—it helps parents have healthy babies. But …

The primary goal of mass screening programs for cystic fibrosis carriers should be to allow
people to make more informed reproductive decisions. However, previous experience with …

Abstract The Human Genome Project and other recent developments will broaden and
increase the importance of genetics in health care.“Clinical genetics” will become “genomic …

Genetic services have historically been time and labor intensive. Little information is known
about the proportion of time genetic counselors (GCs) spend face‐to‐face with patients in …

Department of Health and Human Services the uniform NBS panel proposed by the
American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG)/Health Resources and Services …

Purpose Our work is the first documentation, in real time, of workflow in a general genetics
department including data on patient care, research, and other activities for both clinical …

Purpose Clinical genetics services are time-and labor-intensive. With increasing pressure
for cost-effective medical care, the means of providing medical genetics services need to be …

Various models of cancer genetics service delivery have been published, and practice
guidelines were set forth by the National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) in 2004 …