The New Era of Precision Medicine: What it Means for Patients and the Future of Healthcare highlights the aspects of precision medicine in different specialties and offers an understanding of how a biological background integrates into clinical guidelines, the therapeutic efficacy of interventions, and disease prevention. The book explains how precision healthcare differs among countries, as well as how there is a collaboration among many laboratories to share resources and knowledge to advance the field across the globe. The book also discusses the cultural differences and cultural sensitivity that may be involved in the precision medicine approach. Finally, with regard to safety and quality outcomes, the book presents a range of current and possible future concerns related to those outcomes. Precision medicine is the new standard of quality healthcare delivery. It aims to optimize patient safety and clinical outcomes, enhance the efficacy of therapeutic interventions, and facilitate disease prevention, offering a way to customize patient care, decision-making, and clinical practice.

About the Author
Dr. Mohamad Bydon is the Charles B. and Ann L. Johnson Professor of Neurosurgery and Professor of Orthopedics and Health Services Research, specializing in complex spinal surgery and spinal oncology. He utilizes techniques of minimally invasive spine (MIS) surgery for a variety of spinal conditions. As a neurosurgeon clinician-scientist, Dr. Bydon is the principal investigator of the Mayo Clinic Neuro-Informatics Laboratory. The laboratory is focused on data analytics, patient safety, surgical outcomes, and novel therapeutic treatments for spine disease. He is also the medical director of the Mayo Clinic Neurosurgical Registry, a database focused on improving outcomes and safety for patients.


Book Information
ISBN 9780443139635
Author Mohamad Bydon
Format Paperback
Page Count 300
Imprint Academic Press Inc
Publisher Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Weight(grams) 450g