Revisiting the Roles of Primary Care Clinicians in Genetic Medicine

Revisiting the Roles of Primary Care Clinicians in Genetic Medicine

This Viewpoint describes 4 approaches for primary care clinicians to incorporate genetics care into their practices, and the systems-level interventions needed to operationalize them, including collecting a family history, initiating genomic testing and diagnostic workup, referral to genetics subspe...

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Veröffentlicht in:JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 2020-10, Vol.324 (16), p.1607-1608
Hauptverfasser: Hull, Leland E, Gold, Nina B, Armstrong, Katrina A
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Diagnostic systems
General & Internal Medicine
Genetic Diseases, Inborn - diagnosis
Genetic Testing
Genetics
Genetics, Medical
Humans
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Medical History Taking
Medicine, General & Internal
Physician's Role
Physicians, Primary Care
Precision Medicine
Primary care
Primary Health Care
Referral and Consultation
Science & Technology
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Zusammenfassung:This Viewpoint describes 4 approaches for primary care clinicians to incorporate genetics care into their practices, and the systems-level interventions needed to operationalize them, including collecting a family history, initiating genomic testing and diagnostic workup, referral to genetics subspecialists, and monitoring disease surveillance.
ISSN:0098-7484
1538-3598
DOI:10.1001/jama.2020.18745