This revolutionary approach not only promises more effective treatments, but also raises a crucial question: what is its impact on sustainability and efficiency of the health system?
In essence, this approach is based on the knowledge that each individual, at each moment, is unique, with different genetic and environmental characteristics, recognizing that diseases affect people differently and that a custom approach It can make the difference between success and failure in prevention, diagnosis, treatment or follow-up.
Instead of applying generic treatments for everyone, Personalized Precision Medicine seeks to identify unique characteristics of each individual and adapt medical interventions in a precise way. In other words, precision treatment is based on precision diagnosis. This personalization of medicine allows us to identify which patients will benefit from certain treatments, thus avoiding the use of unnecessary and expensive medications. reducing adverse effects and prolonged hospitalizations and improving patient outcomes. This not only has a direct impact on the quality of life of patients, but also on health systems that could allocate resources more efficiently.
Personalized Precision Medicine also plays a fundamental role in disease prediction and prevention. By identifying specific genetic or molecular risk factors, targeted prevention strategies can be implemented, which in turn reduces the burden of chronic diseases and the need for long-term treatments.
It is important to highlight that Personalized Precision Medicine is not only limited to the clinical setting, but also has the potential to boost research and development of new medications and therapies. By better understanding the molecular basis of diseases, new therapeutic targets can be identified and more effective and safer medications developed.
The patient, in the center
Additionally, Personalized Precision Medicine promotes an approach more collaborative and patient-centered. By involving patients in the decision-making process, it fosters a greater understanding of their own health and therefore greater commitment and adherence to treatments, which in turn improves outcomes and reduces the need for future interventions.
Personalized Precision Medicine is a paradigm shift in patient care by allowing a preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic and personalized follow-up and monitoring approach that is more effective and safe for each patient, but also contributes to optimizing care processes and health management. Consequently, its application in clinical practice undoubtedly represents an opportunity to significantly improve the health outcomes of patients (survival and quality of life), but also to ensure the sustainability and efficiency of the systembecoming one of the main elements that will transform the health system.
In this sense, the report ‘The value of Personalized Precision Medicine in the sustainability and efficiency of the health system’, promoted by the Roche Institute Foundation, recently published and which I have had the opportunity to coordinate with the collaboration of a multidisciplinary group of experts make visible how the application of Personalized Precision Medicine, adds value to the healthcare system in terms of sustainability and efficiency.
The report highlights that the National Health System faces multiple limitations that hinder its sustainability and efficiency, covering areas such as system orientation, resources, research, training, digital transformation, and planning and regulatory framework.
The report highlights that, to achieve an efficient and sustainable health system through Personalized Precision Medicine, it is crucial to implement measures that promote integrated careinvest in technology (digitization, data management) and human capital (incorporating new profiles), enhance public-private collaboration, and carry out systematic evaluations of health outcomes. Furthermore, it is crucial to prioritize health as an investment and not as an expense, promote equity in access to these advances, eliminate biases and structural barriers, make the most of technology and evaluate the impact of Personalized Precision Medicine in terms of efficiency ( health outcomes) and sustainability.
Ultimately, this report urges us to transform healthcareadapting treatments to each patient to improve clinical results and ensure a sustainable and efficient healthcare system for future generations.
