This presentation was delivered at the 2015 SuperNova South in Atlanta, Georgia.
Today’s patients are more engaged than ever. Because of advancements in technology, patients have access to information that allows them to have greater control over their own care. It's time to focus on the current state and future of personalized medicine and how it is affected by digital and technological advancements.
20. Associate Professor Bahlo said finding the
genes that cause disease is like finding the
needle in the proverbial haystack.
“Pinpointing the faulty gene that causes the
disease out of the 20,000 genes and three
billion DNA base pairs in human DNA is a
numerically daunting task,” she said.
-‐ Melanie
Bahlo
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WHERE TO START
21. HUMAN GENOME PROJECT – world’s largest collaborative biological project
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1 PERSONALIZED
2 PREDICTIVE
3 PREVENTIVE
4 PARTICIPATORY
22. IT HAS GOT TO BE A PRIORITY TO ENSURE THAT MORE WOMEN CAN
ACCESS GENE TESTING AND LIFESAVING PREVENTIVE TREATMENT,
WHATEVER THEIR MEANS AND BACKGROUND, WHEREVER THEY LIVE.
-‐ ANGELINA
JOLIE
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THE SPARK
27. Personalized Medicine
Traditional Approach
“OneSizeFits All”
All patients with the same diagnosis
receive same treatment
Personalized Medicine Approach
Treatment strategy based on patient’s
unique genetic profile
GeneticProfileA:
Targeted Therapy
Based on Genotype
GeneticProfileB:
Standard Therapy
30. A Book Prescription
ERIC TOPOL, M.D.
“We are no longer beholden to
an impersonal and paternalistic
system in which ‘doctor knows
best’. Medicine has been
digitized. Now it will be
democratized.”
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YOUR MISSION
( i f y o u s o c h o o s e t o a c c e p t )
• Own your health information
• Ask “why” questions
• Share your ideas
• Embrace technology
• Challenge the system
46. When is patient empowerment worth
the risk?
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When it benefits the patient’s care…
leading to a more productive patient/provider
relationship.
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Gutenberg Moment for Medicine:
There's no doubt the path forward will be
complicated: the medical establishment will resist
these changes, and digitized medicine inevitably
raises serious issues surrounding privacy.
Nevertheless, the result—better, cheaper, and
more human health care—will be worth it.