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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Apr 5.
Published in final edited form as: Genet Med. 2022 Feb 23;24(5):1130–1138. doi: 10.1016/j.gim.2022.01.015

Table 1.

eMERGE3 sites, population type, source of recruitment, whether RoR was required at the time of enrollment, primary planned method for RoR, and whether genetic counseling was embedded or offered in the RoR process

Group Institution Age Group Source of Participants RoR Required for Enrollment Primary Planned Method for RoR Genetic Counseling with RoRa
Group A GE Adult Biorepository Yes Letter Offered
NU Adult Clinic, PGx biorepository Yes Phone Offered
VUMC Adult Clinic, PGx biorepository Yes Letter Offered
Group B CU Adult Community clinic, biorepository No Clinic, portal, letter, email Embedded
KPWA/UW Adult Biorepository No Clinic Embedded
MC Adult Biorepository No Clinic Embedded
MMC Adult Clinic No Clinic Embedded
PHC Adult Biorepository No Clinic Embedded
CCHMC Pediatric Biorepository, clinic, community No Clinic, portal Embedded
CHOP Pediatric Biorepository No Clinic Embedded

The 3 institutions with adult populations (GE, NU, and VUMC) and genetic counseling offered in the RoR are listed first (Group A), followed by the 5 other adult institutions (CU, KPWA/UW, MC, MMC, PHC) and the 2 pediatric institutions (CCHMC and CHOP) (group B).

CCHMC, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Medical Center; CHOP, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; CU, Columbia University; eMERGE3, Electronic Medical Records and Genomics Phase III; GE, Geisinger; KPWA, Kaiser Permanente of Washington; MC, Mayo Clinic; MMC, Meharry Medical College; NU, Northwestern University; PGx, pharmacogenomics; PHC, Partners HealthCare; RoR, return of results; UW, University of Washington; VUMC, Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

a

CU, MC and CCHMC had multiple subpopulations.