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Key takeaways:
- Access expanded prenatal testing options within supported EHR workflows, including exome, genome, CMA, and reflex pathways.
- Order ultraRapid GenomeDx® duo and trio testing within the EHR for critically ill infants.
- Access specimen, shipping, billing, turnaround time, and test-specific guidance within the ordering workflow.
- Upgrade the GeneDx release in Epic Aura or update the GeneDx compendium for point-to-point integrations to enable these capabilities.
More genetic testing options within your EHR
Providers rely on their EHR every day to make clinical decisions, place orders, and manage patient care. The latest GeneDx EHR release brings additional testing options and support directly into those workflows, helping providers access more of the GeneDx portfolio without switching systems or navigating separate processes.
With this release, organizations can expand access to prenatal testing, order ultraRapid GenomeDx® duo and trio testing for critically ill infants, and provide clinicians with helpful ordering guidance directly within the EHR.
Organizations using Epic Aura will need to upgrade to the latest GeneDx release. Organizations using point-to-point integrations will need to install the updated GeneDx compendium to access these capabilities.
Expanded prenatal testing capabilities
The new release significantly expands the prenatal testing options available through integrated EHR workflows.
Providers can access:
- ExomeDx® Prenatal testing, including proband, duo, and trio options
- GenomeDx® Prenatal
- Prenatal chromosomal microarray analysis (CMA) workflows
- Concurrent prenatal CMA and exome or genome workflows
- CMA-to-exome and CMA-to-genome reflex options
- Prenatal Exome-to-Genome Reflex
These additions give providers more ways to access the appropriate testing pathway while keeping ordering connected to the EHR workflow they already use for patient care.
ultraRapid GenomeDx® duo or trio for critically ill infants
When caring for critically ill infants, timely diagnostic information can play an important role in clinical decision making.
With this release, organizations can provide access to ultraRapid GenomeDx® duo and trio testing directly through the EHR, helping NICU and PICU teams initiate testing within their existing workflow.
Including parent samples can provide important inheritance context during interpretation and help support evaluation of potential disease-causing variants. By bringing ultraRapid duo and trio ordering into the EHR, providers can access these testing options more easily when rapid answers are needed.
Genetic testing guidance at the point of order
Ordering genetic testing often involves important considerations such as specimen requirements, shipment instructions, turnaround times, and testing-specific requirements.
The latest release introduces new ordering guidance directly within the EHR workflow, giving providers easier access to information while they place orders.
Depending on the test being ordered, clinicians can access information such as:
- Specimen requirements
- Specimen shipping guidance
- Relative sample information
- Billing considerations
- Turnaround times
- Applicable testing modifications
By surfacing this information directly within the ordering workflow, providers can access key details without leaving the EHR, helping streamline the ordering experience.
How to access the latest GeneDx EHR capabilities
As GeneDx continues to introduce new testing options and resources, keeping your EHR integration current helps ensure providers can access the latest capabilities directly within their workflow.
If your organization uses Epic Aura, upgrade to the latest GeneDx release. If you use a point-to-point integration, update your GeneDx compendium to make the newest testing options available.
