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Challenges in creating an opt-in biobank with a registrar-based consent process and a commercial EHR.

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Marsolo, K; Corsmo, J; Barnes, MG; Pollick, C; Chalfin, J; Nix, J; Smith, C; Ganta, R
Published in: J Am Med Inform Assoc
2012

Residual clinical samples represent a very appealing source of biomaterial for translational and clinical research. We describe the implementation of an opt-in biobank, with consent being obtained at the time of registration and the decision stored in our electronic health record, Epic. Information on that decision, along with laboratory data, is transferred to an application that signals to biobank staff whether a given sample can be kept for research. Investigators can search for samples using our i2b2 data warehouse. Patient participation has been overwhelmingly positive and much higher than anticipated. Over 86% of patients provided consent and almost 83% requested to be notified of any incidental research findings. In 6 months, we obtained decisions from over 18 000 patients and processed 8000 blood samples for storage in our research biobank. However, commercial electronic health records like Epic lack key functionality required by a registrar-based consent process, although workarounds exist.

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J Am Med Inform Assoc

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EISSN

1527-974X

Publication Date

2012

Volume

19

Issue

6

Start / End Page

1115 / 1118

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Organizational Case Studies
  • Medical Informatics
  • Informed Consent
  • Humans
  • Electronic Health Records
  • Biomedical Research
  • Biological Specimen Banks
  • 46 Information and computing sciences
  • 42 Health sciences
 

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Marsolo, K., Corsmo, J., Barnes, M. G., Pollick, C., Chalfin, J., Nix, J., … Ganta, R. (2012). Challenges in creating an opt-in biobank with a registrar-based consent process and a commercial EHR. J Am Med Inform Assoc, 19(6), 1115–1118. https://doi.org/10.1136/amiajnl-2012-000960
Marsolo, Keith, Jeremy Corsmo, Michael G. Barnes, Carrie Pollick, Jamie Chalfin, Jeremy Nix, Christopher Smith, and Rajesh Ganta. “Challenges in creating an opt-in biobank with a registrar-based consent process and a commercial EHR.J Am Med Inform Assoc 19, no. 6 (2012): 1115–18. https://doi.org/10.1136/amiajnl-2012-000960.
Marsolo K, Corsmo J, Barnes MG, Pollick C, Chalfin J, Nix J, et al. Challenges in creating an opt-in biobank with a registrar-based consent process and a commercial EHR. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2012;19(6):1115–8.
Marsolo, Keith, et al. “Challenges in creating an opt-in biobank with a registrar-based consent process and a commercial EHR.J Am Med Inform Assoc, vol. 19, no. 6, 2012, pp. 1115–18. Pubmed, doi:10.1136/amiajnl-2012-000960.
Marsolo K, Corsmo J, Barnes MG, Pollick C, Chalfin J, Nix J, Smith C, Ganta R. Challenges in creating an opt-in biobank with a registrar-based consent process and a commercial EHR. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2012;19(6):1115–1118.
Journal cover image

Published In

J Am Med Inform Assoc

DOI

EISSN

1527-974X

Publication Date

2012

Volume

19

Issue

6

Start / End Page

1115 / 1118

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Organizational Case Studies
  • Medical Informatics
  • Informed Consent
  • Humans
  • Electronic Health Records
  • Biomedical Research
  • Biological Specimen Banks
  • 46 Information and computing sciences
  • 42 Health sciences