Applying an Implementation Science Approach to Genomic Medicine: Workshop Summary

by Board on Health Sciences Policy, The National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division, et al.

Although it is becoming increasingly more common for clinicians to use genomic data in their practices for disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatment, the process of integrating genomic data into the practice of medicine has been a slow and challenging one. Some of the major barriers impeding the incorporation of new genomic technology into clinical practice are: the difficulty of changing routine medical practices to account for the use of genetic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309437768
• ISBN13: 9780309437769
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 136 Pages