[Source: Health and Life Sciences Daily, Sept. 20, 2007]
Modern Healthcare (9/20, DoBias) reports that the HHS "has unveiled a road map that would parlay current health initiatives, such as the use of information technology and evidence-based practices, into a workable system in which scientists and physicians could 'customize' the care they give to an individual based on that person's genetic makeup and other factors." The report, Personalized Health Care: Opportunities, Pathways, Resources (pdf), examines "the preliminary challenges that scientists face when they translate their growing knowledge of the human genome into the everyday practice of medicine."
Government Health IT (9/19, Ferris) noted that at a conference on personalized medicine, Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt said, "The potential is huge -- for protecting health, for preventing and pre-empting disease and for personalizing treatment according to each person's unique biology." According to the report, "personalized healthcare will support prevention of some illnesses and enable practitioners to avoid making some treatment errors."
