National Academies Workshop (10-29-24): "Clinical Guidelines" Role in Genomic Testing

On October 29, 2024, the National Academies (of Science, Engingeering, Medicine), NASEM, will hold an all-day workshop on the topic:

Examining Clinical Guidelines for the Adoption of Genomic Testing:

A Workshop

The workshop will be live-streamed (registration available).  As of Nov 6, NASEM has posted 20 video segments and two PDFs (agenda and briefing book) at the link.  Moreover, these workshops usually result in a publication about six months later.  

The meeting is Tuesday, October 29, from 830-500 Eastern (530-200 Pacific).

See the webpage here, and scroll down for meeting materials and agenda.

https://www.nationalacademies.org/event/43378_10-2024_examining-clinical-guidelines-for-the-adoption-of-genomic-testing-a-workshop

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Here's a clipping of the meeting summary.

A planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will organize and conduct a public workshop to examine how clinical practice guidelines can impact adoption of genomics into routine medical care. The workshop will examine how guidelines for genomic testing are developed by various organizations and implemented within clinical practice, with a focus on exploring inconsistencies across guidelines.

The workshop’s presentations and discussions may focus on:

• Exploring the processes and methodologies used by different professional societies, organizations, and collaborations to gather evidence and develop clinical guidelines for appropriate genomic testing.

• Understanding how clinicians, payers, test developers, laboratory partners, and others decide which guideline(s) to follow and how they use these guidelines in practice.

• Examining elements that are consistent and those that differ across clinical guidelines for genomics and how these areas impact patients (e.g., access, coverage, and equity in care), clinicians, payers, test developers, laboratories, and others.

• Discussing opportunities for a possible path forward for more compatible clinical guidelines for genomics to improve patient care.

The planning committee will organize the workshop, develop the agenda, select and invite speakers and discussants, and moderate or identify moderators for the discussions. A proceedings-in brief of the presentations and discussions at the workshop will be prepared by a designated rapporteur in accordance with institutional guidelines.