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Blanchard Valley Hospital, the anchor subsidiary of BVHS, was founded in 1891 as the Findlay Home for Friendless Women and Children. Bluffton Hospital was founded in 1908 by Dr. J. J. Suter. The two hospitals merged in 1995 to create the Blanchard Valley Regional Health Center and later, the Blanchard Valley Health Association (BVHA).
Color’s cancer detection and management solution, built in partnership with the American Cancer Society, is a comprehensive, integrated care model that supports individuals from screening to diagnosis and care. Color provides risk education and assessment, accessible screenings, a nationwide clinical care network, and ongoing educational ...
Psychiatric genetic counseling is a sub-specialty within genetic counseling focused on helping people living with a psychiatric disorder and/or their family members understand both the genetic and environmental factors that contributed to their illness and address associated emotions such as guilt or self-blame. [74]
The National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC), founded and incorporated in 1979, is the largest association of genetic counselors with over 3,600 members.Its membership includes genetic counselors and other healthcare professionals working in the field of medical genetics from the United States, Canada, and around the world.
Genomic counseling is the process by which a person gets informed about his or her genome often in the setting of elective genetic and genomic testing.In contrast to genetic counseling, which focuses on Mendelian diseases and typically involves person-to-person communication with a genetic counselor or other medical genetics expert, genomic counseling is not limited to currently clinically ...
Oncogenomics is a sub-field of genomics that characterizes cancer-associated genes.It focuses on genomic, epigenomic and transcript alterations in cancer. Cancer is a genetic disease caused by accumulation of DNA mutations and epigenetic alterations leading to unrestrained cell proliferation and neoplasm formation.
Myriad Genetics, Inc. is an American genetic testing and precision medicine company based in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.Myriad employs a number of proprietary technologies that permit doctors and patients to understand the genetic basis of human disease and the role that genes play in the onset, progression and treatment of disease.
The platform digitally compiles medical records so patients can access medical records across healthcare systems. In 2021, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Registry began collecting COVID-19 vaccine data from blood cancer patients. The platform provided the largest COVID-19 vaccine safety and efficacy data set in blood cancer patients. [17]