- By Chelsea Menke, MS, LCGC
- Posted April 30, 2024
Advancing Equity: TriHealth’s Experience Leveraging CARE to Standardize Cancer Risk Assessment
National Minority Health Month (NMHM) dates back to April 1915 when Booker T. Washington established the National Health Improvement Week (later known as National Negro Health Week).1,2 The goal then, as it remains today, was to improve the health and wellbeing of underserved or minority populations. This can only be done by building awareness…
- By Andrew Giles, MS, CGC
- Posted December 5, 2023
Addressing equity in exome sequencing: Proactive reanalysis through the Ambry Patient for Life program helps to reduce racial, ethnic, and ancestral disparities
We know there are healthcare disparities among racial and ethnic groups; these disparities also impact genetic testing. Research and clinical studies have lacked diverse representation and have been predominantly composed of people with European ancestry. As rates of testing have rapidly increased, this gap has only widened. This means much of…
- By Carin Espenschied
- Posted August 3, 2016
How Laws Protect Genetic Information
There are many different things to consider when deciding whether to have genetic testing. In addition to the impact of the test results on your physical and emotional health and that of your family members (more on that here), you should also consider your insurance coverage and the possibility of discrimination. When I met with patients as…
- By Carin Espenschied
- Posted March 24, 2016
How Laws Protect Genetic Information ( Original)
There are many different things to consider when deciding whether to have genetic testing. In addition to the impact of the test results on your physical and emotional health and that of your family members (more on that here), you should also consider your insurance coverage and the possibility of discrimination. When I met with patients as a…