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Radiocast: Tips for Getting Personalized Care
Rand: This is Healthcare 411: Information for better health. Personalized
medicine can help doctors assess your risk for developing certain health
conditions by taking into account genetic information and family health history.
AHRQ Director Dr. Carolyn Clancy says consumers can play a vital role.
Dr. Clancy: I would say that one clear choice would be for all of us to
document our family health histories. A good product to use for doing this is
the Surgeon General’s Family Heath History Tool. This Internet-based tool was
updated recently to make it more user-friendly for building your family’s health
history. The fact is, we’re moving into a different world. We expect more from
our doctors and other health care professionals. Personalized medicine, family
health history and tools like the Surgeon General’s equip all of us - consumers
and health care professionals alike - with extremely valuable information that
can lead to much better health care.
Rand: Healthcare 411 is produced by AHRQ, the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
I’m Rand Gardner for Healthcare 411.
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