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Relevance of Health Literacy to Precision Medicine - Workshop in Brief
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... He stated that he believes that medicine is moving toward "a prevention-based health care system increasingly informed by genetic perspectives." This focus on prevention will require a partnership between health care providers and the public, said McInerney. The key questions challenging educators of health professionals, McInerney said, are (1)
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... According to Van Driest, precision medicine is already being practiced for a number of diseases, and the goal is to increase the number of physicians and patients who benefit from the precision medicine approach to treatment. Van Driest closed by saying that the key point physicians, patients, and the public should understand about precision medicine is that it requires a probabilistic approach to health care instead of a deterministic one.
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... She said that improving her communication skills with patients and families over many years had taught her that these types of organizations can play an important role in promoting genetic literacy among providers. The field is continually evolving, said Hickey, and a number of professional and health care organizations are very active in providing continuing education opportunities for health care professionals to learn more about genetics, precision medicine, and effective communication about these topics with their patients.
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... Lauren Shern, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, served as the review coordinator. SPONSORS: This workshop was partially supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Health Resources and Services Administration, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, and Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion at the Department of Health and Human Services.
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