Personalized Medicine: Read the Chart!

While we�re busy debating the pros and cons of clinical genome sequencing and tossing around buzzwords like �personalized� and �translational� medicine, I�ve recently caught some health care providers ignoring the archaic skills of communication and common sense. So while we await genome analysis apps and DNA annotators in our doctors� offices, here are 3 suggestions on how to provide personalized medicine right now:

1. Read the patient�s chart (paper or digital)

2. Listen to the patient

3. Look at the patient

Disclaimer: Today�s blog is anecdotal and non-scientific, but may identify a trend.