**Canceled**Precision Medicine’s Role in Preventative Care

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Description

Precision medicine has the potential to impact prevention methods, public health, and health disparities.

This session will cover recent advances in precision medicine along with a discussion of the application of precision medicine in the realm of prevention and public health.
The overview will include a case study with a review of the evidence for radiographic screening and behavior changes to delay the onset and proactively treat hereditary cancer.
Discussion will focus on the complexity of implementing precision medicine within primary care settings, the use of decision support tools for effective implementation, and the potential impact on health disparities.

Speaker
Michael Dulin, MD
Director, Academy for Population Health Innovation
University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Credit Information
The Charlotte AHEC is authorized to award 3.0 hours of pre-approved ACHE Qualified Education credit for this program toward advancement, or recertification in the American College of Healthcare Executives. Participants in this program wishing to have the continuing education hours applied toward ACHE Qualified Education credit must self-report their participation. To self-report, participants must log into their MyACHE account and select “My Education Credit” to log hours earned.

Objectives

• Identify the current barriers and facilitators for the use of precision medicine in public health and primary care including costs, applications, and opportunities for decision support
• Describe ethical implications of precision medicine including impact on insurance coverage, employment, and health disparities
• Discuss potential for precision medicine to be used to assist in behavior change and proactive screening and/or treatment

Contact

Jessica Dietrich M.Ed.

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