Question

What is the current state of the Personalized Medicine Project? include links!!! type answer please  

Answer 1

medicine is currently undergoing a huge change by focusing on the integrated diagnosis, treatments and prevention of disease in individual patients involved in personalised medicine. personalised medicine is, in theory, evidence-based and delivers individualised medicine at the right time to the patient resulting in measurable improvements in outcomes and a reduction in health care costs. the challenge is to deliver the benefits of personalised medicine to each individual. therefore, patient empowerment is a main task within the p-medicine project.in this special issue important aspects of the p- medicine project are highlighted. these include an overview of interactive empowerment services in support of personalised medicines, the p-medicine portal, the ObTiMA data management software,the biobank access framework and usability issues regarding IT-tools and services . each of these papers is written by a group of highly experienced researchers from different discipline showing the integrated approach of he project. teamwork by different stakeholders is crucial for reaching the goal of personalised medicine. the selection of papers reflects the integrated approach, so that the maintenance of the scenario-based and clinically driven tools and services will be guranteed after the lifetime of the project.