Modern Healthcare June 19, 2020
Dr. Fuki Hisama

Despite precision medicine being touted as the future of healthcare, many Americans are still not familiar with it. This is unfortunate as precision medicine can help identify which therapies will be most effective for individual patients based on their genetic, environmental and lifestyle factors.

Yet, cost and access remain two primary barriers to its adoption, as not all insurance plans cover these services and genetic testing is often done in academic settings or urban centers.

However, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced telehealth into the mainstream and it might just be the push we needed to bring the benefits of precision medicine to more patients.

Reports show that the U.S. telehealth market is experiencing rapid growth, with one report showing an...

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