RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Toward achieving precision health
JF Science Translational Medicine
FD American Association for the Advancement of Science
SP eaao3612
DO 10.1126/scitranslmed.aao3612
VO 10
IS 430
A1 Gambhir, Sanjiv Sam
A1 Ge, T. Jessie
A1 Vermesh, Ophir
A1 Spitler, Ryan
YR 2018
UL http://stm.sciencemag.org/content/10/430/eaao3612.abstract
AB Health care systems primarily focus on patients after they present with disease, not before. The emerging field of precision health encourages disease prevention and earlier detection by monitoring health and disease based on an individual’s risk. Active participation in health care can be encouraged with continuous health-monitoring devices, providing a higher-resolution picture of human health and disease. However, the development of monitoring technologies must prioritize the collection of actionable data and long-term user engagement.