Health IT Role in Personalized Medicine

Personalized Medicine and Health ITJohn SharpSenior ManagerPersonal Connected Health AllianceHIMSSAugust 11, 2015

Health IT

What role does Health IT play in personalized medicine?

• Big Data– Creating cancer-specific data

registries to find what works for specific cancers

• Improving clinical trial efficiency– Better tools for feasibility,

recruitment• New ways to gather data from trial

participants– Mobile health tools

What Health IT can offer

Health IT How can Health IT bring the promise of personalized medicine to more patients?

• Better information about available trials– ResearchMatch.org

Health IT and Patients

• Electronic Medical Records and Patient portals which enable:

– Appointment requests– Medication refills– Open Notes– Lab results

And empower patients through access to data

Health IT and Patients

• Online communities which support clinical trials– SmartPatients.com

Health IT and Patients