When organizations embrace openness and accessibility, they can pool their expertise to enhance interpretation of genomic data. This collaboration can lead to more accurate and comprehensive interpretations of genomic information, potentially resulting in advancements in medical research, diagnostics, and personalized healthcare.

emedgene aims to simplify the process of sharing cases among healthcare organizations, while ensuring that patient privacy and consent are respected.

The Network allows users to review tagged variants from other organizations within their network(s). The Related Cases section on the Variant page displays shared case data that is relevant to the variant being reviewed.

Level of sharing of a particular case with a particular network of collaborators is defined by:

1. Sharing configuration for a particular network, and

2. Case subject consent for extended data sharing.

One organization may participate in multiple networks under different terms.

Networks are being managed by the network admin in Settings > Network.

Here the dedicated network manager can:

1. Create networks and set data sharing policy for each network;

2. Leave or delete networks.

As of 32.0, to invite other organizations to their network(s), the network manager must reach out to techsupport@illumina.com.

The user can opt in or out of Extended data sharing during case creation based on the patient's consent. This is a mandatory field that cannot be edited later via edit case flow.

A case with Extended data sharing consent will share both Restricted fields and Extended fields in the Related Cases section of the Variant page, whereas a case without consent will only share Restricted fields. Whether a field is Restricted or Extended is defined by the network setup.

Notes:

• In the Add new case UI, default case subject consent for Extended data sharing is set to “Yes”, except for cases that ran on platform versions 31 and earlier.

• When using API to create cases, the sharing_level field is used to indicate whether the case subject consented to Extended data sharing. Valid inputs include: restricted and extended. If not specified, the default value is restricted.

Your organization can be a member of different Public and Private networks at the same time.

1. In Settings > Network, click on Create Network.

2. Enter the desired network name.

3. Select between Public and Private options.

4. Click on Create Network again.

1. Navigate to > Network > Network table and find the desired network. Click on Manage in the corresponding row.

2. On the Manage Network page, select the specific data fields that you want to keep as .

3. Once you've made your selections, click Save to apply the changes.

1. Go to Settings > Network > Network table.

2. Find the network you want to delete and click on Manage.

3. Scroll to the bottom of the Manage network page and click on Delete Network.

4. In the warning window, click Yes, I'm sure to confirm the deletion.

Please note that this action is irreversible, so make sure you want to delete the network before proceeding.

We offer four sharing modes that are set for each type of data per network:

Network configuration is done by the network manager in Settings > Network. One organization may participate in multiple networks under different terms.

Data that could be shared via Network includes:

1. Go to Settings > Network > Network table, and find the network you want to leave. Click on Leave in the corresponding row.

2. A warning window will appear, simply click on Leave to confirm.