Mayo Clinic researchers will incorporate recent advances in the genetics of heart and blood vessel diseases in EMRs to help physicians assess patients’ risk of having these diseases.
The grant is part of the second phase of the Electronic Medical Records and Genomics Network (eMERGE), a multi-site project that aims to use data from medical records in genome-wide association studies.
Read the hospital release on Mayo Clinic’s $3 million grant.
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