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How behavioral economics can help to avoid 'The last mile problem' in whole genome sequencing.

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Blumenthal-Barby, JS; McGuire, AL; Green, RC; Ubel, PA
Published in: Genome medicine
January 2015

Failure to consider lessons from behavioral economics in the case of whole genome sequencing may cause us to run into the 'last mile problem' - the failure to integrate newly developed technology, on which billions of dollars have been invested, into society in a way that improves human behavior and decision-making.

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Genome medicine

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1756-994X

ISSN

1756-994X

Publication Date

January 2015

Volume

7

Issue

1

Start / End Page

3

Related Subject Headings

  • 3105 Genetics
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences
  • 0604 Genetics
 

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Blumenthal-Barby, J. S., McGuire, A. L., Green, R. C., & Ubel, P. A. (2015). How behavioral economics can help to avoid 'The last mile problem' in whole genome sequencing. Genome Medicine, 7(1), 3. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13073-015-0132-8
Blumenthal-Barby, Jennifer S., Amy L. McGuire, Robert C. Green, and Peter A. Ubel. “How behavioral economics can help to avoid 'The last mile problem' in whole genome sequencing.Genome Medicine 7, no. 1 (January 2015): 3. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13073-015-0132-8.
Blumenthal-Barby JS, McGuire AL, Green RC, Ubel PA. How behavioral economics can help to avoid 'The last mile problem' in whole genome sequencing. Genome medicine. 2015 Jan;7(1):3.
Blumenthal-Barby, Jennifer S., et al. “How behavioral economics can help to avoid 'The last mile problem' in whole genome sequencing.Genome Medicine, vol. 7, no. 1, Jan. 2015, p. 3. Epmc, doi:10.1186/s13073-015-0132-8.
Blumenthal-Barby JS, McGuire AL, Green RC, Ubel PA. How behavioral economics can help to avoid 'The last mile problem' in whole genome sequencing. Genome medicine. 2015 Jan;7(1):3.
Journal cover image

Published In

Genome medicine

DOI

EISSN

1756-994X

ISSN

1756-994X

Publication Date

January 2015

Volume

7

Issue

1

Start / End Page

3

Related Subject Headings

  • 3105 Genetics
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences
  • 0604 Genetics