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- ItemPersonalized medicine: risk prediction, targeted therapies and mobile health technology.(2014-03-03) Hayes, Daniel F; Markus, Hugh S; Leslie, R David; Topol, Eric JPersonalized medicine is increasingly being employed across many areas of clinical practice as genes associated with specific diseases are discovered and targeted therapies are developed Mobile apps are also beginning to be used in medicine with the aim of providing a personalized approach to disease management In some areas of medicine patient tailored risk prediction and treatment are applied routinely in the clinic whereas in other fields more work is required to translate scientific advances into individualized treatment In this forum article we asked specialists in oncology neurology endocrinology and mobile health technology to discuss where we are in terms of personalized medicine and address their visions for the future and the challenges that remain in their respective fields
- ItemTelemedicine for Follow-Up of Rare Neurological Disease.(0000-00-00) Walsh, Jessica; Markus, Hugh SBackground and Purpose Providing ongoing care for rare neurological conditions is challenging Telemedicine can reduce patient travel We set up and evaluated a telemedicine service for patients with a genetic form of stroke and dementia cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy Methods One hundred fourteen patients with mutation positive cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy 64 telemedicine and 50 face to face were recruited Patient and clinician satisfaction questionnaires rated the service to create a mean satisfaction score for both face to face and telemedicine follow up appointments Results There was no difference in mean SD patient or clinician satisfaction scores between telemedicine and face to face appointments patient 4 57 0 56 and 4 69 0 42 P 0 99 clinician 4 55 0 49 and 4 60 0 43 P 0 44 Conclusions Telemedicine follow up was suited to patients with stroke and dementia and offered satisfaction levels similar to that for face to face consultations