{"id":818,"date":"2021-06-24T14:35:41","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T14:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.concert.co\/resources\/concert-genetic-testing-unit-gtu\/"},"modified":"2024-04-29T18:45:14","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T18:45:14","slug":"concert-genetic-testing-unit-gtu","status":"publish","type":"resources","link":"https:\/\/www.concert.co\/resources\/concert-genetic-testing-unit-gtu\/","title":{"rendered":"The Genetic Testing Unit (GTU)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-md\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The genetic testing market is growing fast and evolving rapidly. With more than 160,000 clinically orderable genetic tests on the market,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stakeholders are struggling to communicate effectively and efficiently across the Genetic Health Information Network.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1669\" src=\"https:\/\/www.concert.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-10-at-4.16.46-PM.png\" alt=\"Concert Genetic Testing Unit Whitepaper Cover\" width=\"400\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-md\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One significant challenge is communication between parties about specific genetic tests. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Concert Genetics is addressing this problem by making its unique test identifier, the Concert GTU (genetic testing unit), available to the industry. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For years, the GTU has played an essential role in enabling Concert to track and organize the industry\u2019s genetic tests. Because ambiguity in test identification remains a persistent challenge for the healthcare system, Concert\u2019s proven method for test identification has broad utility and value.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-md\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This paper describes the GTU system in greater detail, including:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"body-md\"><strong>Objectives<\/strong> of the GTU test identification system<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"body-md\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Guiding Principles &amp; Technical Design<\/strong> of GTU test identifiers<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"body-md\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Suggested Uses <\/strong>of the Concert GTU in structured (e.g., claims) and unstructured healthcare communication<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"body-md\">Finally, the paper summarizes how GTUs may be accessed on a royalty-free basis, and how to contact Concert for additional uses including derivative works.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":819,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","resourcecategory":[],"resource-type":[37],"class_list":["post-818","resources","type-resources","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","resource-type-white-paper"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Genetic Testing Unit (GTU) - Concert<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.concert.co\/resources\/concert-genetic-testing-unit-gtu\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Genetic Testing Unit (GTU) - Concert\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The genetic testing market is growing fast and evolving rapidly. 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