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This article brings about former President Barack Obama effortful changes within the health care system through the creation of the Precision Medicine Initiative (PMI) in 2015. PMI main goal is to tailor treatment and prevention in illnesses and diseases on an individualized basis rather than a “one-size-fits-all” basis. Within this approach, each patient is given intensive care along with the recognition that they are their own person with their own illness. It brings about the idea that just because someone may have cancer, it doesn’t mean that their cancer is …show more content…
Although all 6 of the individuals mentioned all had their own illness, none of them correlating with one another, the fact that physicians were able to look at their patient on an individual basis, see what the specific problem was, and search and utilize a solution to the target problem is thanks to PMI. For example, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, a highly-known NBA basketball player, continues to be a huge advocate for precision medicine, as it helped save and enhance his quality of life after being diagnosed and treated for leukemia in 2008. Many of the individuals in this article state that the use of PMI gives them hope for future generations to come. The main reason why is because physicians are better able to find a cure, or a way to regulate it, for each one of them is all thanks to precision …show more content…
When former President Obama first launched PMI, he provided the PMI organization/team more than $200 million dollars in order for them to best utilize their resources. Obama also wanted the money to be well spent in a way that can be beneficial to all forms of medicine (whether it be biological or psychological). At the same time, rules and regulations were put into place, specifically addressing the issue of privacy of patients. Due to the fact that these individuals would be participating in a trial (at the time), extra precautions needed to be taken to ensure that their identity would be safe. Therefore, the Obama Administration made sure that these regulations were put into place and strictly enforced during every moment of the trial. Therefore, not only is the money used for medical equipment and treatment, but it is also used to make sure that privacy is abide by on a continuous
This article brings about former President Barack Obama effortful changes within the health care system through the creation of the Precision Medicine Initiative (PMI) in 2015. PMI main goal is to tailor treatment and prevention in illnesses and diseases on an individualized basis rather than a “one-size-fits-all” basis. Within this approach, each patient is given intensive care along with the recognition that they are their own person with their own illness. It brings about the idea that just because someone may have cancer, it doesn’t mean that their cancer is …show more content…
Although all 6 of the individuals mentioned all had their own illness, none of them correlating with one another, the fact that physicians were able to look at their patient on an individual basis, see what the specific problem was, and search and utilize a solution to the target problem is thanks to PMI. For example, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, a highly-known NBA basketball player, continues to be a huge advocate for precision medicine, as it helped save and enhance his quality of life after being diagnosed and treated for leukemia in 2008. Many of the individuals in this article state that the use of PMI gives them hope for future generations to come. The main reason why is because physicians are better able to find a cure, or a way to regulate it, for each one of them is all thanks to precision …show more content…
When former President Obama first launched PMI, he provided the PMI organization/team more than $200 million dollars in order for them to best utilize their resources. Obama also wanted the money to be well spent in a way that can be beneficial to all forms of medicine (whether it be biological or psychological). At the same time, rules and regulations were put into place, specifically addressing the issue of privacy of patients. Due to the fact that these individuals would be participating in a trial (at the time), extra precautions needed to be taken to ensure that their identity would be safe. Therefore, the Obama Administration made sure that these regulations were put into place and strictly enforced during every moment of the trial. Therefore, not only is the money used for medical equipment and treatment, but it is also used to make sure that privacy is abide by on a continuous