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Personalized health care as a pathway for the adoption of genomic medicine.

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Burnette, R; Simmons, LA; Snyderman, R
Published in: J Pers Med
November 13, 2012

While the full promise of genomic medicine may be many years in the future, personalized health care (PHC) can begin solving important health care needs now and provide a framework for the adoption of genomic technologies as they are validated. PHC is a strategic approach to medicine that is individualized, predictive, preventive, and involves intense patient engagement. There is great need for more effective models of care as nearly half of Medicare patients age 65 and older have three or more preventable chronic conditions and account for 89% of Medicare's growing expenditures. With its focus on reactive care, the current health care system is not designed to effectively prevent disease nor manage patients with multiple chronic conditions. PHC may be a solution for improving care for this population and therefore has been adopted as the delivery platform along with a new personalized health plan tool for 230 multi-morbid, homebound Medicare recipients in Durham, North Carolina who have been high utilizers of health care resources. PHC integrates available personalized health technologies, standards of care, and personalized health planning to serve as a model for rational health care delivery. Importantly, the PHC model of care will serve as a market for emerging predictive and personalized technologies to foster genomic medicine.

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J Pers Med

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2075-4426

Publication Date

November 13, 2012

Volume

2

Issue

4

Start / End Page

232 / 240

Location

Switzerland

Related Subject Headings

  • 3214 Pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences
  • 3206 Medical biotechnology
  • 3205 Medical biochemistry and metabolomics
 

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Burnette, R., Simmons, L. A., & Snyderman, R. (2012). Personalized health care as a pathway for the adoption of genomic medicine. J Pers Med, 2(4), 232–240. https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm2040232
Burnette, Robin, Leigh Ann Simmons, and Ralph Snyderman. “Personalized health care as a pathway for the adoption of genomic medicine.J Pers Med 2, no. 4 (November 13, 2012): 232–40. https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm2040232.
Burnette R, Simmons LA, Snyderman R. Personalized health care as a pathway for the adoption of genomic medicine. J Pers Med. 2012 Nov 13;2(4):232–40.
Burnette, Robin, et al. “Personalized health care as a pathway for the adoption of genomic medicine.J Pers Med, vol. 2, no. 4, Nov. 2012, pp. 232–40. Pubmed, doi:10.3390/jpm2040232.
Burnette R, Simmons LA, Snyderman R. Personalized health care as a pathway for the adoption of genomic medicine. J Pers Med. 2012 Nov 13;2(4):232–240.

Published In

J Pers Med

DOI

ISSN

2075-4426

Publication Date

November 13, 2012

Volume

2

Issue

4

Start / End Page

232 / 240

Location

Switzerland

Related Subject Headings

  • 3214 Pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences
  • 3206 Medical biotechnology
  • 3205 Medical biochemistry and metabolomics