Publications by authors named "Carrie L B Zawatsky"

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  • * Researchers conducted a phenome-wide association study using health data from three cohorts to identify the relationship between hereditary cancer genes and associated phenotypes.
  • * Among 214,020 participants, they confirmed all 38 known gene-cancer associations and discovered 19 new associations, particularly linking seven of them to neoplasms (tumors).
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Purpose: Large-scale genetics education appropriate for general practice providers is a growing priority. We describe the content and impact of a mandatory system-wide program implemented at Sanford Health.

Methods: The Imagenetics Initiative at Sanford Health developed a 2-year genetics education program with quarterly web-based modules that were mandatory for all physicians and advanced practice providers.

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Genetic testing has the potential to revolutionize primary care, but few health systems have developed the infrastructure to support precision population medicine applications or attempted to evaluate its impact on patient and provider outcomes. In 2018, Sanford Health, the nation's largest rural nonprofit health care system, began offering genetic testing to its primary care patients. To date, more than 11,000 patients have participated in the Sanford Chip Program, over 90% of whom have been identified with at least one informative pharmacogenomic variant, and about 1.

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