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Digital health technologies and AI are already creating intelligent processes and workflows that make healthcare delivery cheaper, more effective, personalized, and more equitable. Yet precision health seeks to go beyond this and improve patient management and diagnoses by understanding the human condition and experience deeper. Much of the emphasis has been placed on the potential for developing better medicines based on an increased understanding of disease pathology. Now that data and technology are readily available and affordable, improvements in diagnostics and support are enabling better patient management. The quantity and complexity of data reflect a patient’s genetics, environment, and lifestyle.
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Panesar, A. (2023). Future of Precision Healthcare. In: Precision Health and Artificial Intelligence. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9162-7_6
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