Genomic sequencing – that is, rapid sequencing – is instrumental to diagnosing and treating critically ill patients, and managing the high data volumes involved in genomics is essential to the process. Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, MO, (354 beds, not-for-profit, treating children from birth through the age of 21) operates what it says is the world’s first whole genome sequencing center in a pediatric setting, where physicians, clinical laboratory scientists, molecular geneticists, bioinformaticians and software engineers work to sequence and analyze rare inherited diseases. Children’s Mercy previously set the standard for decoding a genome in about two days — a process that had taken six weeks or longer. Now the hospital is deploying advanced scale technologies with the goal of completing the entire process, from enrollment to delivery of a final report to the physician, in 26 hours. Read more at https://www.hpcwire.com/2016/07/01/genomic-sequencing-childrens-mercy-saving-time-save-lives/