The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is seeking health IT companies, genomic medicine organizations and laboratories, researchers, and clinical institutions
such as academic medical centers to participate as demonstration sites in the Sync for Genes Phase 5 Standardizing genomic variant sharing and interpretation project.
Sync for Genes Phase 5 focuses on improving and sharing annotated genomics variants between providers, researchers, genomic laboratories, clinical institutions, and knowledge-bases with the
goal of improving the interpretation of genomic variants at the point-of-care. Sync for Genes Phase 5 will leverage resources developed by prior phases of the Sync for Genes program, such as the FHIR genomics specifications, semantic modeling, and standardized
APIs as needed. Potential demonstrations could include but not limited to:
- Aligning, integrating, and harmonizing Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH) Variant Annotations (VA) and Variation Representation Specification (VRS) standards with Health Level 7 (HL7) Fast Healthcare
Interoperability Resources (FHIR)
- Improving the representation and structure of interpretation of genomic variants (e.g., Electronic Medical Records and Genomics (eMERGE), vcf2fhir, Variant Interpretation for Cancer Consortium (VICC) ClinGen adoption
of VRS/VA expose to a clinical lab using FHIR).
The goal of the selected demonstration sites is to improve the standardization and the electronic exchange of genomic data in the form of annotated variants.
Participation requirements and submission instructions can be found on the following site:
Proposals are due February 11.
Thanks,
Bob F