15.8% of geneticists reported use of telegenetics.

A survey conducted by the National Coordinating Center for the Regional Genetics Networks (NCC) this month has shown that 15.8% of geneticists have reportedly used telegenetics. The growth of telegenetics and telemedicine has been speculated for some time. There are also a number of papers that have been published over the past few years that highlight the opportunities for using technology to provide genetics services over longer distances.

NCC are an organisation that focus on improving the availability, accessibility and quality of genetics services. Today on Twitter they announced that they were developing a guideline on how telegenetics services should be offered; these guidelines are due for publication in the next month.

We at TrakGene are excited by these developments and welcome the use of technology to provide genetics services to people to whom it might otherwise be inaccessible. We are looking forward to seeing what guidelines are produced by the NCC so that we can review how TrakGene can follow and support any best practices that emerge.

It is really positive that 15.8% of clinicians are engaging with telegenetics and we would really like to see this figure go up. We have worked with a number of genetic services that cover a large geographical area and we frequently look at how emerging technologies might best support them. It’s great to see telegenetics being adopted, and hopefully this is the start of a growing trend.

If you are interested in using TrakGene for your telegenetics service or thinking of setting up a telegenetics service, please contact us ([email protected]).