Guilford Genomic Medicine Initiative (GGMI)

Completed

Conditions studied: Breast Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Colon Cancer, Thrombophilia

In brief

* Genomic medicine, using genetic information to improve health outcomes, is heralded as the answer to rising medical costs by focusing on prevention and tailored care. Despite its potential, little investigation has focused on how genomic medicine can be applied in health care. To be effective, it requires new ways to learn, deliver, and communicate medical information. It will also raise new ethical questions. * The overall goal of Guilford Genomic Medicine Initiative (GGMI) is to identify the specific challenges in "re-structuring" an existing medical system to integrate genomic medicine, and create solutions that can be used by other medical systems, such as the extensive military medical care system. To accomplish this goal, GGMI includes the development of a large-scale genomic medicine education initiative targeted at the community, providers, and patients, and a clinical systems model to implement strategies to facilitate the integration of genomic medicine into several pilot practices.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01372553

Run by

The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital

People needed

1184

Starts

2009-10-01

Expected to finish

2012-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-04-16

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• All patients scheduled for an upcoming well or new visit within the next 3 weeks with their primary care physician (at the two implementation clinics).

You may not qualify if…

• Non-english speaking
• not consentable
• adopted

Where it is running

• Cone Health — Greensboro, North Carolina, United States

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