Overview of technical aspects and chemistries of next-generation sequencing / Ian S. Hagemann -- Clinical genome sequencing / Tina M. Hambuch, John Mayfield, Shankar Ajay, Michelle Hogue, Carri-Lyn Mead and Erica Ramos -- Targeted hybrid capture methods / Elizabeth C. Chastain -- Amplification-based methods / Marina N. Nikiforova, William A. Laframboise and Yuri E. Nikiforov -- Emerging DNA sequencing technologies / Shashikant Kulkarni and John Pfeifer -- RNA-sequencing and methylome analysis / Shamika Ketkar and Shashikant Kulkarni -- Base calling, read mapping, and coverage analysis / Paul Cliften -- Single nucleotide variant detection using next generation sequencing / David H. Spencer, Bin Zhang and John Pfeifer -- Insertions and deletions (indels) / Jennifer K. Sehn -- Translocation detection using next-generation sequencing / Haley Abel, John Pfeifer and Eric Duncavage -- Copy number variant detection using next-generation sequencing / Alex Nord, Stephen J. Salipante and Colin Pritchard -- Reference databases for disease associations / Wendy S. Rubinstein, Deanna M. Church and Donna R. Maglott -- Reporting of clinical genomics test results / Kristina A. Roberts, Rong Mao, Brendan D. O'Fallon and Elaine Lyon -- Reporting software / Rakesh Nagarajan -- Constitutional diseases: amplification-based next-generation sequencing / Vanessa L. Horner and Madhuri R. Hegde -- Targeted hybrid capture for inherited disease panels / Sami S. Amr and Birgit Funke -- Constitutional disorders: whole exome and whole genome sequencing / Benjamin D. Solomon -- Somatic diseases (cancer): amplification-based next-generation sequencing / Fengqi Chang, Geoffrey L. Liu, Cindy J. Liu and Marilyn M. Li -- Targeted hybrid capture for somatic mutation detection in the clinic / Catherine E. Cottrell, Andrew J. Bredemeyer and Hussam Al-Kateb -- Somatic diseases (cancer): whole exome and whole genome sequencing / Jennifer K. Sehn -- Assay validation / Amy S. Gargis, Lisa Kalman and Ira M. Lubin -- Regulatory considerations related to clinical next generation sequencing / Shashikant Kulkarni and John Pfeifer -- Genomic reference materials for clinical applications / Justin Zook and Marc Salit -- Ethical challenges to next-generation sequencing / Stephanie Solomon -- Legal issues / Roger D. Klein -- Billing and reimbursement / Kris Rickhoff, Andrew Drury and John Pfeifer.