Precision medicine: Now, not when. Issue 4 (July 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Roberts, Stephanie; Julius, Michael
• Is Part Of: Healthcare management forum. Volume 29:Issue 4(2016)
• Page Start: 158
• Page End: 161
• Publication Date: 2016-07
• Subjects: Health services administration -- Periodicals; Health services administration -- Canada -- Periodicals; 362.1068
• DOI: 10.1177/0840470416642773
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0840-4704

Abstract

Precision medicine aims to fix what is wrong with today's healthcare: a lack of targeted interventions tailored to the person. It encompasses many aspects of health; chief among these is one's genetic profile. Researchers are making progress as gene-sequencing technologies get better and cheaper. Although there is cause for optimism, as several initiatives at Sunnybrook Research Institute show, scientific, systemic, and logistical challenges must be surmounted before advances can be integrated into the clinic. Despite these barriers, precision medicine is the only way forward.