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Taking a look at someone’s genes when they have cancer is more and more common. One type of testing involves looking at the variations in an individual’s genes they’ve had since birth, so-called germline testing, to see if they are …

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Personomics, which takes an individual, personalized approach to medical care, is a term coined by Roy Ziegelstein, vice dean for education at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Ziegelstein says personomics is one part of a strategy to enable clinicians to …

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Preauthorization, insurance denials, uninsured patients, electronic medical records- the list goes on when looking at challenges to clinicians who want to practice medicine in a person-centered way. That’s according to Roy Ziegelstein, vice dean for education in Johns Hopkins School …

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Many clinicians believe a more human-centered approach needs to be taken in clinical medicine. One of them is Roy Ziegelstein, vice dean of education at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, who coined the term ‘personomics’ to describe it. He says …

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Personomics is a word coined by Roy Ziegelstein, vice dean for education at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Ziegelstein says there are very specific ways such an approach would directly impact the practice of medicine. Ziegelstein: Taking into account factors …

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Patient centered care emerged several years ago as an attempt to recognize patients as humans and care for them as such. Roy Ziegelstein, vice dean of education at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, says this initiative is different than …

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