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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 10.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet. 2014 Mar 10;0(1):56–67. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.c.31390

TABLE IV.

Research Enrollment and Genetic Data Storage

Patients approached for research enrollment 394
 Patients declined to participate 37 (9%)
Patients consented for research enrollment 357 (91%)
 Electronic consent (RPMS) 346
 Paper consent 11
Patients consenting to additional research questions
 Notification of new pharmacogenetic test result reported in EHR 328/357 (92%)
 Notification of incidental pharmacogenetic findings that are later learned to affect disease risk 342/357 (96%)
 Re-contact for other research 253/357 (71%)
Electronic consent (RPMS) performance
 Number of patients experiencing technical issues with RPMS consent 5
 Number of documented RPMS consent downtimes 3 (avg 3.5 hr each)
Storage of genetic data
 Number of DNA samples stored in biorepository 341/357 (96%)
 Number of patients with genetic data stored in IDR 322/357 (90%)

RPMS, Research Permissions Management System; EHR, electronic health record; IDR, Integrated Data Repository.