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Project Baby Bear: Rapid precision care incorporating rWGS in 5 California children’s hospitals demonstrates improved clinical outcomes and reduced costs of care
- Source :
- American journal of human genetics, vol 108, iss 7, Am J Hum Genet
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2021.
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Abstract
- Genetic disorders are a leading contributor to mortality in neonatal and pediatric intensive care units (ICUs). Rapid whole-genome sequencing (rWGS)-based rapid precision medicine (RPM) is an intervention that has demonstrated improved clinical outcomes and reduced costs of care. However, the feasibility of broad clinical deployment has not been established. The objective of this study was to implement RPM based on rWGS and evaluate the clinical and economic impact of this implementation as a first line diagnostic test in the California Medicaid (Medi-Cal) program. Project Baby Bear was a payor funded, prospective, real-world quality improvement project in the regional ICUs of five tertiary care children's hospitals. Participation was limited to acutely ill Medi-Cal beneficiaries who were admitted November 2018 to May 2020, were
- Subjects :
- Male
0301 basic medicine
Comparative Effectiveness Research
Quality management
030105 genetics & heredity
Medical and Health Sciences
Tertiary care
California
quality improvement
Cohort Studies
Cost of Illness
neonatal intensive care
Prospective Studies
Economic impact analysis
Precision Medicine
Genetics (clinical)
Pediatric
Genetics & Heredity
Health Services
Biological Sciences
Hospitals, Pediatric
Hospitals
Treatment Outcome
Female
health outcomes research
Medical emergency
Critical Care
pediatrics
Critical Illness
Clinical Trials and Supportive Activities
Comparative effectiveness research
rare disease
QUALY
Article
03 medical and health sciences
genetic disease
Clinical Research
Intensive care
Genetics
medicine
Humans
quality-adjusted life years
Whole Genome Sequencing
Medicaid
business.industry
Infant, Newborn
Infant
Newborn
medicine.disease
Precision medicine
United States
Quality-adjusted life year
Good Health and Well Being
030104 developmental biology
MediCal
real-world care
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00029297
- Volume :
- 108
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The American Journal of Human Genetics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a195984a6ab40c8a7ab4e62f2b4ffada