Comments on: Health Care Decision Makers Not Ready for Genetic Revolution http://www.blisstree.com/articles/health-care-decision-makers-not-ready-for-genetic-revolution/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:43:09 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: » Harvard Personalized Medicine Conference Genetics and Health http://www.blisstree.com/articles/health-care-decision-makers-not-ready-for-genetic-revolution/comment-page-1/#comment-566491 » Harvard Personalized Medicine Conference Genetics and Health Tue, 27 Dec 2005 01:52:19 +0000 http://www.geneticsandhealth.com/?p=251#comment-566491 [...] 3. Healthcare professionals are not being educated and are ill-prepared to take advantage of the genomic revolution. Bruce Korf (University of Alabama, Birmingham) drummed home the medical education crisis. Fewer than 40 percent of medical schools run a genetics course, he said, and according to a recent survey, only one-third of physicians polled feel trained or competent to discuss genetic information. Medical informatics is a disruptive technology akin to a Tower of Babel. “Why can’t [Google] crawl through medical records?” Korf posed. “Is Wal-Mart - Google the future of medicine?” [...] [...] 3. Healthcare professionals are not being educated and are ill-prepared to take advantage of the genomic revolution. Bruce Korf (University of Alabama, Birmingham) drummed home the medical education crisis. Fewer than 40 percent of medical schools run a genetics course, he said, and according to a recent survey, only one-third of physicians polled feel trained or competent to discuss genetic information. Medical informatics is a disruptive technology akin to a Tower of Babel. “Why can’t [Google] crawl through medical records?” Korf posed. “Is Wal-Mart – Google the future of medicine?” [...]

]]> By: Lei http://www.blisstree.com/articles/health-care-decision-makers-not-ready-for-genetic-revolution/comment-page-1/#comment-566292 Lei Wed, 14 Sep 2005 16:47:31 +0000 http://www.geneticsandhealth.com/?p=251#comment-566292 Cary, You're absolutely right. I think patients need to stop being passive and must help their doctors figure out the care that is just right for them. Either that or we need some kind of educated patient advocate that can help guide people through the maze. Blogs can make a big difference in this way! Cary, You’re absolutely right. I think patients need to stop being passive and must help their doctors figure out the care that is just right for them. Either that or we need some kind of educated patient advocate that can help guide people through the maze. Blogs can make a big difference in this way!

]]> By: Cary http://www.blisstree.com/articles/health-care-decision-makers-not-ready-for-genetic-revolution/comment-page-1/#comment-566056 Cary Wed, 14 Sep 2005 16:24:03 +0000 http://www.geneticsandhealth.com/?p=251#comment-566056 Wow. This sounds a lot like what is going on in clinical Oncology, where most Oncologists are literally too busy to keep up with what is going on in cancer research. Unfortunately, patients are suffering because of it.<br /> <br /> It sounds like it's time for a complete rehaul of how we process information and get it to the people who need it most, our doctors! Wow. This sounds a lot like what is going on in clinical Oncology, where most Oncologists are literally too busy to keep up with what is going on in cancer research. Unfortunately, patients are suffering because of it.

It sounds like it’s time for a complete rehaul of how we process information and get it to the people who need it most, our doctors!

]]>