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Reaching for Precision Healthcare in Finland via Use of Genomic Data

Concerns over future healthcare capacity along with continuing demands for sustainability call for novel solutions to improve citizens’ health and wellbeing through effective prevention and improved diagnosis and treatment. Part of the solution to tackle the challenge could be making the most of the...

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Autores principales: Wahlfors, Tiina, Simell, Birgit, Kristiansson, Kati, Soini, Sirpa, Kilpi, Terhi, Erhola, Marina, Perola, Markus
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9086236/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35559047
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2022.877891
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author Wahlfors, Tiina
Simell, Birgit
Kristiansson, Kati
Soini, Sirpa
Kilpi, Terhi
Erhola, Marina
Perola, Markus
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Simell, Birgit
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description Concerns over future healthcare capacity along with continuing demands for sustainability call for novel solutions to improve citizens’ health and wellbeing through effective prevention and improved diagnosis and treatment. Part of the solution to tackle the challenge could be making the most of the exploitation of genomic data in personalized risk assessment, creating new opportunities for data-driven precision prevention and public health. Presently, the utilization of genomic data in the Finnish healthcare system is limited to a few medical specialty areas. To successfully extend the use of genomic information in everyday healthcare, evidence-based and feasible strategies are needed. The national actions that Finland is taking towards this goal are 1) providing scientific evidence for the utility of genomic information for healthcare purposes; 2) evaluating the potential health-economic impact of implementing precision healthcare in Finland; 3) developing a relevant legal framework and infrastructures for the utilization of genomic information; 4) building a national multidisciplinary expert network bringing together relevant professionals and initiatives to achieve consensus among the different stakeholders on specific issues vital for translating genomic data into precision healthcare; 5) building competence and genomic literacy skills among various target groups; and 6) public engagement (informing and educating the public). Taken together, these actions will enable building a roadmap towards the expedient application of genomic data in Finnish healthcare and promoting the health of our citizens.
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spelling pubmed-90862362022-05-11 Reaching for Precision Healthcare in Finland via Use of Genomic Data Wahlfors, Tiina Simell, Birgit Kristiansson, Kati Soini, Sirpa Kilpi, Terhi Erhola, Marina Perola, Markus Front Genet Genetics Concerns over future healthcare capacity along with continuing demands for sustainability call for novel solutions to improve citizens’ health and wellbeing through effective prevention and improved diagnosis and treatment. Part of the solution to tackle the challenge could be making the most of the exploitation of genomic data in personalized risk assessment, creating new opportunities for data-driven precision prevention and public health. Presently, the utilization of genomic data in the Finnish healthcare system is limited to a few medical specialty areas. To successfully extend the use of genomic information in everyday healthcare, evidence-based and feasible strategies are needed. The national actions that Finland is taking towards this goal are 1) providing scientific evidence for the utility of genomic information for healthcare purposes; 2) evaluating the potential health-economic impact of implementing precision healthcare in Finland; 3) developing a relevant legal framework and infrastructures for the utilization of genomic information; 4) building a national multidisciplinary expert network bringing together relevant professionals and initiatives to achieve consensus among the different stakeholders on specific issues vital for translating genomic data into precision healthcare; 5) building competence and genomic literacy skills among various target groups; and 6) public engagement (informing and educating the public). Taken together, these actions will enable building a roadmap towards the expedient application of genomic data in Finnish healthcare and promoting the health of our citizens. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-04-26 /pmc/articles/PMC9086236/ /pubmed/35559047 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2022.877891 Text en Copyright © 2022 Wahlfors, Simell, Kristiansson, Soini, Kilpi, Erhola and Perola. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Soini, Sirpa
Kilpi, Terhi
Erhola, Marina
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title_short Reaching for Precision Healthcare in Finland via Use of Genomic Data
title_sort reaching for precision healthcare in finland via use of genomic data
topic Genetics
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9086236/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35559047
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2022.877891
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