Personalized Medicine and Health ITJohn SharpSenior ManagerPersonal Connected Health AllianceHIMSSAugust 11, 2015
Health IT
What role does Health IT play in personalized medicine?
• Big Data– Creating cancer-specific data
registries to find what works for specific cancers
• Improving clinical trial efficiency– Better tools for feasibility,
recruitment• New ways to gather data from trial
participants– Mobile health tools
What Health IT can offer
Health IT How can Health IT bring the promise of personalized medicine to more patients?
• Better information about available trials– ResearchMatch.org
Health IT and Patients
• Electronic Medical Records and Patient portals which enable:
– Appointment requests– Medication refills– Open Notes– Lab results
And empower patients through access to data
Health IT and Patients
• Online communities which support clinical trials– SmartPatients.com
Health IT and Patients