Clinical Information Systems in the Era of Personalized Medicine

Abstract

Scientific and technical advances continue to further our understanding of how genetic alterations affect human health and the development of disease. Integrating genomic findings in the delivery of patient care represents an exciting and evolving area of medicine. The capacity to interpret and leverage this new source of information and to do so in a broad and high-throughput manner, via clinical information systems, remains a key challenge. In this chapter, we focus on common areas that influence effective use and development of clinical information systems to support the integration of genomic data in healthcare.