The need to build up critical mass quickly may tempt hospital and health system leaders to cut corners when it comes to being forthcoming with patients. Don’t fall into that trap...
Effective communication with providers and patients can bridge the gap that exists between precision medicine’s benefits and wider patient access...
With precision medicine gaining momentum as a guiding approach to healthcare practice and treatments, early pharmacogenomic testing in the consumer market is laying some of the foundation for use in psychiatry...
Focus on pharmacogenetics studies and data that demonstrate costs savings and improved outcomes...
Focusing on the right factors can accelerate a precision medicine program’s ROI...
As CMS announces readmission penalties for nearly 2,600 hospitals, some hospitals and health systems are finding precision medicine and big data efforts to be a new strategy for reducing 30-day readmissions...
Analysts predict that the global tissue banking market will grow to nearly $3 billion by 2026. Health executives at UCSF have recognized this trend and are executing on plan to attract patients and funding, and ultimately improve outcomes...
Studies by KHN, Navigant, and others report that independent rural hospitals are closing at record rates, leaving patients without critical nearby healthcare services, including precision medicine’s benefits...
Daryl Pritchard, PhD, discusses the untapped potential of multi-gene panel sequencing and targeted therapies for patients with advanced cancer....
Charis Eng, MD, PhD, explains how the Cleveland Clinic is overcoming workforce challenges in clinical cancer genetics...
