The growing role of genetics in medical care.

摘要

Molecular pathology services, including genetic testing, are rapidly becoming the standard of care in diagnostic medicine and other related areas. OHCA is committed to ongoing evaluation of the clinical evidence supporting the use of these services to ensure that medically necessary tests and technologies are available to our members. A growing proportion of drugs have variable effectiveness depending on a patient's genetics. This has led to an increasing number of genetic tests, which provide information on drug response, diagnosis or patient prognosis.