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Thomas Jefferson University
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POPULATION HEALTH FORUM
New Developments in Genetic/Genomic Testing:
Implications for Population Health
This Forum will provide an overview of personalized medicine resources on genetic/genomic testing developed by ECRI Institute. The ECRI Institute recently launched ECRIgene, an interactive database that includes critical information on hundreds of genetic, genomic, and proteomic tests.
The Forum presenter, Vivian Coates, is the Vice President of Information Services and Health Technology assessment where she overseas ECRI Institute's evidence-based medicine and health technology assessment program, including the Evidence-base Practice Center (EPC) and the Health Technology Assessment Information Service (HTAIS) for health plans, hospitals/health systems and health policy makers. She initiatives and fosters relationships with users of comparative effectiveness and health technology assessment information to promote evidence-based approaches for clinical practice guideline development, healthcare coverage, purchasing delivery, and policy making.
Ms. Coates serves as project director on ECRI's contract to create, maintin and enhance the National Guideline Clearinghouse and the National Quality Measures Clearinghouse, sponsored by the Agenda for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). She was also responsible for the ECRI contract to create the nation's first Healthcare Horizon Scanning System for AHRQ, monitoring thousands of new drugs, devices, biologics and procedures.