According to a panel of experts at last week's HL7's 2015 Policy Conference, Health Data Management, efforts are underway to create data sharing standards for genomics. Several initiatives are currently driving the development of this sharing standard which include: consumer empowerment and the growth of self-reported data; genetic care coordination efforts; and the federal precision medicine initiative. Data sharing is expected to be one of the major driving forces behind precision medicine, but due to lack of economic incentives and technical capability, the need to share genomic data has become even more important.
According to a panel of experts at last week's HL7's 2015 Policy Conference, efforts are underway to create data sharing standards for genomics. Several initiatives are currently driving the development of this sharing standard which include: consumer empowerment and the growth of self-reported data; genetic care coordination efforts; and the federal precision medicine initiative. Data sharing is expected to be one of the major driving forces behind precision medicine, but due to lack of economic incentives and technical capability, the need to share genomic data has become even more important.