Realizing the Promise of Precision Medicine

Paul Cerrato, MA, has had over 30 years of experience working in healthcare, as a clinician, researcher, author, editor, and college lecturer. The last 7 years have been spent researching and writing about healthcare technology. He has served as Editor of Information Week Healthcare, Executive Editor of Contemporary OB/GYN, and Senior Editor of RN Magazine. Cerrato is the author of Protecting Patient Information and the co-author with John Halamka of Realizing the Promise of Precision Medicine. He has been named one of the most influential bloggers in healthcare IT by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). John Halamka, MD, serves as the International Healthcare Innovation Professor at Harvard Medical School. He is also Chief Information Officer of the Beth Israel Deaconess System and a practicing emergency physician. Dr. Halamka serves on one of the advisory committees for the Precision Medicine Initiative, which has been funded with $215 million from the U.S. government. He has devoted his career to empowering patients, providers, and payers with mobile-friendly applications exchanging data using international standards.

1. Population medicine versus precision medicine 2. Precision Medicine initiatives and programs 3. The role of genomics in personalized medicine 4. Small Data, Big Data, and Data Analytics 5. How Mobile Technology and EHRs can personalize healthcare 6. i2b2, SHRINE, Clinical Query, and Other Research Tools 7. Overcoming the barriers and limitations of precision medicine 8. Interoperability and Personalized Patient Care 9. Protecting patient privacy and implementing security 10. Consumer and Patient Engagement