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Caterina Cinti1, Maria Giovanna Trivella1, Michael Joulie2
1National Research Council (CNR), 00185 Rome, Italy.
Personalized medicine (PM) aims to improve health outcomes by tailoring treatments to individuals. Overcoming implementation hurdles requires stakeholder engagement, education, and robust data management for sustainable healthcare.
Area of Science:
- Personalized Medicine
- Healthcare Innovation
- Sustainable Healthcare Systems
Background:
- The International Consortium for Personalised Medicine (ICPerMed) outlined a vision for personalized medicine (PM) by 2030.
- PM aims to center healthcare on individual characteristics for better health outcomes and sustainable systems.
- Significant hurdles impede the widespread implementation of PM across healthcare.
Purpose of the Study:
- To provide recommendations for increasing stakeholder awareness of actionable measures for PM realization.
- To analyze hurdles, opportunities, and requirements for integrating PM into healthcare practices.
- To define a pragmatic roadmap for PM adoption.
Main Methods:
- Analysis of best practice examples in PM.
- Consultation with experts and stakeholders.
- Identification of barriers, opportunities, and requirements for PM implementation.
Main Results:
- A comprehensive analysis detailing hurdles and opportunities for PM implementation.
- A pragmatic roadmap with suggested actions for integrating PM into healthcare systems.
- Identification of critical areas requiring tailored resources for stakeholder adoption.
Conclusions:
- Successful PM integration necessitates addressing engagement, collaboration, infrastructure, education, ethics, and data management.
- A comprehensive set of resources tailored to stakeholder needs is mandatory for facilitating PM adoption.
- Overcoming barriers and harnessing PM's potential can lead to improved health outcomes within sustainable healthcare.
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