Fortune: No one wants to find themselves sick or in need of a medical diagnosis. But there are those out there who already are—and are desperately seeking answers.
GENOMEWEB: California, the nation's most populous state, recently began covering rapid diagnostic whole-genome sequencing (rWGS) for sick infants under Medicaid. The decision, in theory, should make the test more widely available, leading to faster diagnoses, better medical decisions, and lower healthcare costs in many cases.
While it is safe to say that RCIGM has sufficiently proven its ability to identify the genetic variants driving many of these life-threatening rare conditions, it is now on a mission to bring its method of diagnosing sick babies to health systems across the country.