HLTH230 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Medical Record, Electronic Health Record, 23Andme
6 Feb 2018
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Health management software that integrates diet, exercise, genetic tests, and medical records: calculates risk for more than 40 diseases, and suggests ways to lower the risk. Genetic data is a piece of patient care data that helps motivate change. Drs always recommend better diets, exercise, lifestyle but you have to do a lot to prove it will help. Integrates lifestyle, genetic data, and medical records data under the guidance of a dr. Cant view results until you consult your doctor. Physicians are key in health ecosystem: distinguishes them from 23andme and apple health. Before a pt can use basehealth a dr must upload info, such as rx history, physiological measures (bp) that would commonly be found in an electronic medical record. The patient uploads lifestyle and family history. Doctor adds genetic analysis by ordering genotyping /sequencing from basehealths lab partners. Info is put together creates a risk assessment for disease and change recommendations (based on peer-reviewed journal articles)
