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Cancer researchers call for EHR standards

By InformationWeek  
   December 01, 2011

As cancer researchers better understand the "panomics" of cancer—the "combination of genes, proteins, molecular pathways and unique patient characteristics that together drive the disease," electronic health records (EHRs) can play a transformational role in cancer research. So concludes the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), which calls for EHR vendors to implement standards to facilitate capturing, storing, and sharing this panomics-related data, with the goal of increasing cancer survival.

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