Precision medicine is an emerging approach to disease treatment and prevention that considers differences in people’s lifestyles, environments, and biological makeup, including genes.

In a recent AAPA article, Debra Ryan, MS, PA-C, and DeShana Collett, PhD, PA-C discuss precision medicine and how it can be utilized in patient care.

Without incorporating genomic data into care and treatment of patients, educator DeShana Collett, PhD, PA-C, says, “We’re not making true informed decisions. We’re basing our decisions and our treatment on race, ethnicity-based calculators or algorithms which can be detrimental. It can actually increase the risk of having health disparities.”

The full article can be found on the AAPA website here!