Efforts are underway to create standards for sharing genomic data, according to a panel of experts at last week's HL7's 2015 Policy Conference, Health Data Management reports. The genomics and standards panel included: During the panel, Wood noted that there are several initiatives driving the development of genomic data sharing standards, including: Levy said that data sharing will be one of the main driving forces behind precision medicine but noted that there has been a lack of economic incentives and technical capability to share the needed information. According to the experts, several different initiatives currently are underway to address the issue. Goodhand noted that Global Alliance for Genomics and Health, which has members from 375 organizations in 37 countries, is pursuing projects that aim to address issues related to: Meanwhile, Wood said that HL7 has developed data transmission standards that would allow patients' genetic data to be incorporated into their electronic health records. According to Health Data Management, the Institute of Medicine also is overseeing a collaborative tasked with identifying the challenges of getting patients' genetic history data into EHRs (Bazzoli, Health Data Management, 12/3).
According to a panel of experts at last week 's women 's healthcare Policy conference , efforts are underway to create data sharing standards for healthcare . Several initiatives are currently driving the development of this sharing standard which include : consumer empowerment and the sharing 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 .