Open AccessPrecision Medicine and Precision Nursing: The Era of Biomarkers and Precision Health
Author(s) -
Nicola Ielapi,
Michele Andreucci,
Teresa Faga,
Raffaele Grande,
Gianluca Buffone,
Sabrina Mellace,
Paolo Sapienza,
Raffaele Serra
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of general medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.722
H-Index - 36
ISSN - 1178-7074
DOI - 10.2147/ijgm.s285262
Subject(s) - precision medicine , medicine , context (archaeology) , health care , omics , disease , diagnostic accuracy , alternative medicine , clinical practice , nursing , bioinformatics , pathology , paleontology , economics , biology , economic growth
Precision health, by means of the support of precision medicine and precision nursing, is able to support clinical decision making in order to tailor optimal health-care decisions, around the individual characteristics of patients. The operational arm of precision health is represented by the use of biomarkers that can give useful information about disease susceptibility, exposure, evolution and response to treatment. Omics, imaging and clinical biomarkers are actually studied for their ability to positively impact health-care management. In this article, we try to address the role of biomarkers in the context of modern medicine and nursing with the view of improving patients care.