Health IT Outcomes October 16, 2019
Personalized medicine is moving healthcare forward, but is the industry prepared for the change?
Healthcare providers must prepare to meet the collaborative demands of highly informed, tech savvy patients. The one-size-fits all approach to traditional medicine has never been ideal and advancements in healthcare have presented more sophisticated, individualized options. Precision medicine—customizing treatment based on environmental factors, genetic testing, pharmacogenetics (PGx), and more—is fast gaining adoption as the benefits of personalized treatment plans gain general awareness.
However, as patient requests for genetic testing and personalized care increase, the industry will amass vast amounts of data. To deliver this next advancement in personalized care, the onus is on healthcare providers to organize, manage, and leverage this data for the benefit of...