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Using a Grounded Theory approach, transcript concepts were coded and organized into themes.<\/jats:p><jats:p>Two genetic counselors and two physicians from two treatment clinics participated in individual interviews. Focus group participants included one genetic counselor and four physicians.<\/jats:p><jats:p>Analysis resulted in 8 major themes related to structuring and communicating variant knowledge, GIC\u2019s impact on the clinic, and suggestions for improvements. The interview analysis identified longitudinal patient care, family data, and growth in genetic testing content as potential challenges to optimization of the GIC infrastructure.<\/jats:p><jats:p>Participants agreed that GIC implementation increased efficiency and effectiveness of the clinic through increased access to genetic variant information at the point of care.<\/jats:p><jats:p>Development of information technology (IT) infrastructure to aid in the organization and management of genetic variant knowledge will be critical as the genetic field moves towards whole exome and whole genome sequencing. Findings from this study could be applied to future development of IT support for genetic variant knowledge management that would serve to improve clinicians\u2019 ability to manage and care for patients.<\/jats:p><jats:p>Citation: Klinkenberg-Ramirez S, Neri PM, Volk LA, Samaha SJ, Newmark LP, Pollard S, Varugheese M, Baxter S, Aronson SJ, Rehm HL, Bates DW. 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