Hospital Impact | Personalized Medicine: Examining the Implications of a Healthcare Game-Changer

by Joe Randolph

As Peter Diamandis, M.D., founder of Singularity University, says, “the rate of change in healthcare is going to be exponential.” I believe that over the next 15 years, through technology advances and genomics, caregivers will have the ability to target and cure many diseases. The likely results will be that many diseases will be eliminated, and the average life span in the United States and other developed countries will increase. Personalized medicine—also known as precision medicine–will provide treatments that are specifically designed for an individual’s genome so that they are more effective. More…