HIMSS May 21, 2019
Dixie B. Baker, PhD, FHIMSS

For most of us, the health maintenance, disease prevention, diagnostic and treatment recommendations received throughout our lives are based largely on a combination of our health attributes, our care providers and the population-based clinical evidence deemed most likely to apply in each situation.

This is not to imply that our healthcare providers didn’t recognize each of us as an individual. Or that they didn’t strive to provide the best and most individualized care possible, based on the most current and comprehensive information available to them.

From One Size Fits All to Customized Healthcare

While we can share our individual and family health histories and current concerns – repeatedly – providers are limited by the amount of information the human brain...

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