“Personalized medicine has just begun to alter health care in fundamental and profound ways. Genetic tests have already become mainstream practice for some cancers in identifying treatment strategies. And as an indication of what the future might hold, genetic analyses indicate that asthma, hypertension and Alzheimer’s have many genes in common. But before we can take full advantage of available genetic information, there are four factors we need to address: the electronic health record, reimbursement, privacy practices, and provider and patient education. These are in addition to the progress in medical science needed to understand the specifics of the relationships among our genome, the environment and our health.”
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John Glaser, HHNMostWired, 1 October 2008
Tagged: decision support, education, genetic data, interoperability, personalised medicine, privacy and standards
; posted on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 at 9:25 am
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“Much has been said about the ability of health-IT to reduce costs, reduce errors, and streamline health care. No doubt this is true and health-IT can cut costs and deliver benefit, though how much remains a matter of debate. My guess is it will be significant. Still, it may turn out that the really big cost (and life) saver is personalized medicine (PM).”
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John Russell, Digital Healthcare & Productivity, 23 September 2008
Tagged: medication errors and personalised medicine
; posted on Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008 at 8:30 pm
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“When it comes to the future of personalized medicine, leadership from the highest political level is needed to speed the field along, says Edward Abrahams, executive director of the Personalized Medicine Coalition (PMC), the Washington, D.C.-based organization that is shouldering the task of “educating federal and state policymakers, helping them understand the science, the issues, and what is needed for the positive evolution of personalized medicine (PM)”.”
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Cindy Atoji, Digital Healthcare & Productivity, 16 September 2008
Tagged: Health Information Technology and personalised medicine
; posted on Wednesday, September 17th, 2008 at 7:41 am
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“I am a physician and researcher passionate on the “new” patient-health care provider relationship, specifically on topics of patient engagement and empowerment , virtual communities and support groups, new models of care for patients, remote patient monitoring, shared decision making, and equity in health through technology.
I am a ’survivor’ of three near-death experiences in early 2006 (an accident, a medical error, and a complicated surgery). My body shows the scars of lessons learned and my mind is filled with ideas and solutions on how to improve the patient experience and outcomes.”
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Carlosrizo.com, 9 September 2008
Tagged: personalised medicine, semantic, social network and telemedicine
; posted on Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 at 8:11 pm
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“Advances in health care run the gamut from mind-boggling medicines to simple Web solutions that, if adopted, could slice huge slabs of fat from a bloated system. Whatever form innovation takes in the coming years, much of it will spring from start-ups, not pharma and tech giants.”
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Maureen Farrell, CBC News, 8 September 2008
Tagged: networks, personalised medicine and robot
; posted on Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 at 8:50 am
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“Moore’s Law is the force behind the biggest trend in health care, personalized health care. Instead of guessing about what you should do based on test results when you get sick, doctors prescribe lifestyle changes beforehand, based on genetic knowledge.”
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Dana Blankenhorn, ZDNet Healthcare, 20 May 2008
Tagged: genetic data, nanotechnology, personalised health, personalised medicine and web 2.0
; posted on Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 at 10:11 pm
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“The vast promise of an era of personalized medicine based on genetic testing long has been haunted by a disturbing possibility: The same data that could alert people to serious medical problems might be used to deny them jobs or insurance coverage.
But Thursday, the Senate voted 95 to 0 to outlaw such discrimination, with the House expected to add its approval quickly.”
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Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Los Angeles Times, 24 April 2008
Tagged: genetic data and personalised medicine
; posted on Friday, April 25th, 2008 at 7:32 am
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“This is something I have been wanting to write about for a while and today’s the day to finally express a couple of my own opinions about some gray areas and technology in healthcare.
Healthcare as we know today is so terribly fragmented and there is nobody feeling the squeeze worse than the software companies and developers trying to produce a quality and up to date product. With the changes emerging so rapidly in healthcare, almost daily, it is becoming increasingly difficult to create a full featured software application that is not outdated before it is released.”
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The Medical Quack, 31 March 2008
Tagged: emr, genetic data and personalised medicine
; posted on Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 at 6:48 am
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“Last week, patient privacy advocate Deborah Peel, MD, wrote a letter to Healthcare IT News attacking Perlegen Sciences’ plans to work with an EMR vendor to use patient data for genetics research. In a new letter, Perlegen strikes back at Peel.”
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Bryan L. Walser, Perlegen Sciences, Inc., Healthcare IT News, 27 March 2008
Tagged: data mining, de identification, emr, genetic data, personalised medicine and privacy
; posted on Thursday, March 27th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
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“Thomas Miller has a vision for a new health care frontier that combines molecular imaging, molecular diagnostics, and informatics. Miller, who is CEO of workflow and solutions for Siemens Healthcare, says recent advances in these fields have created precise diagnostic tools capable of assessing and treating a growing number of diseases. These new tools provide physicians with an understanding of diseases at the molecular or genetic level, enabling them to tailor effective treatment to the individual. Digital HealthCare & Productivity recently spoke with Miller about how the health care IT network can become more efficient by using these patient-centric medical tools that transform data into knowledge.”
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Cindy Atoji, Digital HealthCare & Productivity, 11 March 2008
Tagged: diagnose, genetic data, imaging, information technology, molecular and personalised medicine
; posted on Tuesday, March 11th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
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“With a shared vision of a more personalized medicine, Siemens Healthcare and National Jewish Medical and Research Center have formed a strategic alliance to improve and develop novel imaging and diagnostic technologies using genomics, proteomics, and integrated research and clinical care.
As part of the initiative, National Jewish will integrate Siemens technology throughout out the institution to help diagnose respiratory, cardiac and rheumatologic diseases. Especially important will be the Institute for Advanced Biomedical Imaging™, where much of the patient care and collaborative research planned for this alliance will be conducted.”
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HealthTech Wire, 18 February 2008
Tagged: diagnose, imaging and personalised medicine
; posted on Monday, February 18th, 2008 at 9:44 pm
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“Siemens Healthcare and the National Jewish Medical and Research Center in Denver are teaming up to develop new imaging, diagnostic and information technologies using genomics, proteomics and integrated research and clinical care.”
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Bernie Monegain, Healthcare IT News, 13 February 2008
Tagged: imaging, personalised medicine and radiology
; posted on Thursday, February 14th, 2008 at 9:49 am
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“Underpinning personalized health care is the confluence of two powerful tools: information technology and knowledge management. These forces will provide individualized health care know-how at an unprecedented level. The full potential of these forces cannot be realized unless electronic systems, clinical databases, and knowledge repositories employ interoperable standards and definitions.
While innovation in technology to collect information is a key step, data collection alone will not support personalized health care. As technological capabilities develop across the health care system, better information based on individual differences will aid in future medical product evaluations and postmarketing assessments of safety and efficacy.”
Report
United States Department of Health and Human Services, September 2007
Tagged: chronic care, Health Information Technology, interoperability, personalised health, personalised medicine and standards
; posted on Thursday, September 20th, 2007 at 6:23 am
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“Rapid advances in genetic testing promise to transform medicine, but they may up-end the insurance business in the process.”
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The Economist, 23 August 2007
Tagged: personalised medicine
; posted on Thursday, August 23rd, 2007 at 5:02 pm
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