Physician-Specific Maximum Acceptable Risk in Personalized Medicine: Implications for Medical Decision Making

Shared decision making in mental health: prospects for personalized medicine

This paper describes the shared decision-making model, reviews its current status in the mental health field, and discusses its potential impact on personalized medicine. Shared decision making denotes a structured process that encourages full participation by patient and provider. Current research shows that shared decision making can improve the participation of mental health patients and the...

Medical Decision Making Neural Networks in Clinical Medicine on Behalf Of: Society for Medical Decision Making

Personalized risk communication for informed decision making about screening tests.

Personalized risk estimates have been shown to be a useful tool when attempting to communicate and accurately convey risk information. They provide patients with tailored information to assist them in making a fully informed decision. For this reason, personalized risk estimates may be of particular use in aiding patient decision making regarding screening tests. Medical screening tests and pro...

Shared medical decision making. A new tool for preventive medicine.

The development of methods for shared medical decision-making is recognized by many groups as an important priority. A search of PUBMED under the heading of “shared decision” now produces about 100 hits per year. This issue of the Journal includes two important reports evaluating the potential of shared decision-making in preventive medicine. Sheridan et al. offer a commentary on the relationsh...

Genetics of scleroderma: implications for personalized medicine?

Significant advances have been made in understanding the genetic basis of systemic sclerosis (scleroderma) in recent years. Can these discoveries lead to individualized monitoring and treatment? Besides robustly replicated genetic susceptibility loci, several genes have been recently linked to various systemic sclerosis disease manifestations. Furthermore, inclusion of genetic studies in design...