The New Era of Precision Medicine

Download or read book The New Era of Precision Medicine written by Mohamad Bydon and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2023-12-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New Era of Precision Medicine: What it Means for Patients and the Future of Healthcare highlights aspects of precision medicine in different specialties and offers an understanding of how a biological background integrates into clinical guidelines, the therapeutic efficacy of interventions and disease prevention. The book explains how precision healthcare differs among countries, as well as how there is a collaboration among many labs to share resources and knowledge to advance the field across the globe. The book also discusses the cultural differences and cultural sensitivity that may be involved in the precision medicine approach. Finally, with regard to safety and quality outcomes, the book presents a range of current and possible future concerns related to those outcomes. Precision medicine is the new standard of quality healthcare delivery. It aims to optimize patient safety and clinical outcomes, enhance the efficacy of therapeutic interventions, and facilitate disease prevention, offering a way to customize patient care, decision-making, and clinical practice. - Highlights the characteristics of precision medicine in different areas - Offers an understanding of how a biological background integrates into clinical guidelines, the therapeutic efficacy of interventions, and disease prevention - Emphasizes how medicine has transformed from a "one-size-fits-all approach to personalized medicine influenced by individual characteristics - Introduces complex topics delivered in terms that target a broad range of audiences