How to Integrate Genomic Reports into Your EHR (Without Breaking Your Workflow)
EHRs weren’t built for genomics. But clinicians need genomic data where they already work, inside the system, not outside it.
As more health systems roll out precision medicine initiatives, the challenge isn’t just generating clean genomic reports. It’s delivering them in the right place, at the right time, and in the right format. Without creating new silos. Without burning out analysts or IT teams.
So how do you integrate genomic reports into an EHR without breaking your workflow?
1. Know What “Integrated” Really Means
Dumping a PDF into the media tab isn’t integration. True genomic integration includes:
- Structured, queryable data (not just images or attachments)
- Links to med lists, care pathways, or CDS rules
- Report layouts clinicians can interpret in seconds
If you can’t track variants or tie recommendations to medications inside the EHR, your genomics program is underutilized.
2. Choose Output Formats That Fit Your Infrastructure
Each EHR handles documents differently. For example, one may support CDA or embedded tables while another may rely on SmartLinks, FlowSheets, or external viewers.
That’s why scalable solutions offer flexible outputs:
- PDF for human readability
- JSON or VCF for LIS or downstream analytics
- HL7 messages for core EHR ingestion
Your genomic reporting engine should adapt to the system, not require the system to adapt to it.
3. Streamline the Path from Pipeline to Provider
Too often, the burden of formatting falls on the lab. Analysts spend hours converting results into EHR-ready files, navigating LIS quirks, or building homegrown scripts.
Automation solves this. When your reporting pipeline outputs structured files in EHR-ready formats, the lift moves from people to platform.
How PraediGene Fits
PraediGene is designed to bridge the gap between advanced genomic analysis and clinical delivery. It supports:
- Customizable templates aligned to EHR fields
- Structured outputs (PDF, JSON, HL7, VCF)
- Integration into LIS/EHR workflows
- Templated, decision-ready reporting across PGx, oncology, and inherited risk
Already in use across VA labs, PraediGene makes genomic EHR integration scalable and sustainable.
You don’t have to build custom pipelines to bring genomics into the EHR. You just need tools that fit the clinical reality.
When reports are readable, structured, and linked to care workflows, precision medicine doesn’t slow things down. It speeds things up.