Assessing genomic sequencing information for health care decision making : workshop summary /
"Rapid advances in technology have lowered the cost of sequencing an individual's genome from the several billion dollars that it cost a decade ago to just a few thousand dollars today and have correspondingly greatly expanded the use of genomic information in medicine. Because of the lack...
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Format: | Electronic Conference Proceeding eBook |
Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
National Academies Press,
2014
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Series: | Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf.
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Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- How evidence is gathered and evaluated
- Patient care and health decisions
- The development of practice guidelines
- How insurers decide whether to pay for testing
- Addressing challenges.