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Personalizing Feedback

In most doctors’ appointments, patients are given feedback on their health status, recommendations to improve their health, or both by their physician. Provision of feedback and recommendations are opportunities for physicians to foster patient engagement and cement patient adherence to treatment plans, but only if done right.

The Rising Importance of Electronic Health Records

Recently, electronic health records have come to the forefront of medical reforms. Electronic health records (EHRs) are a digital version of a patient’s medical history that organizes relevant clinical data in real-time to organize and improve the quality of care.

2015 NAPCRG Practice Based Research Networks Conference

The North American Primary Care Research Group held its Practice Based Research Networks Conference on June 28-30th in Bethesda, Maryland. The conference, which brought together primary care providers, clinical researchers, and patient and community advocates, was centered on engagement of communities of practice based research networks, patients, clinicians and practices.

The Doctor Weighs In: My Conversation With The ‘Father of Personalized Medicine’

Ralph Snyderman, MD, Chancellor Emeritus at Duke University and James B. Duke Professor of Medicine is also known as “The Father of Personalized Medicine.” How fitting that I was able to chat with him about the topic at the amazing Personalized Medicine World Congress (PMWC 15) that I attended a short time ago.

The Applications of Mindfulness in Health Care

Recent studies have shown that mindfulness training may improve health outcomes. “Mindfulness” is an integration of meditation training and yoga, and helps the patient achieve a mental state of awareness through acknowledging & accepting the present moment and creating unity between the mind & body.

Defining Personalized Health Care

As a result of the announcement of the Precision Healthcare Initiative by President Obama at the end of January, innovative structures for improving healthcare are in the spotlight. 

Looking Abroad for Examples of a More Personalized Approach to Health Care

In the current healthcare system, there is a lack of time for quality education, communication, and follow-up from the physician. The lack of patient engagement is exacerbated by a fragmented healthcare system where insurance coverage is tied to employment and patients must change providers when they change jobs.

Precise But (Not Yet) Personal

Despite great advance in the field of personalized medicine and precision care therapies, there is still a dearth of progress in clinical models that use these emerging technologies to enhance preventive medicine.