• Acad Emerg Med · Jun 2024

    Precision emergency medicine.

    • Matthew Strehlow, Al'ai Alvarez, Andra L Blomkalns, Holly Caretta-Wyer, Laleh Gharahbaghian, Daniel Imler, Ayesha Khan, Moon Lee, Viveta Lobo, Jennifer A Newberry, Ryan Riberia, Stefanie Sebok-Syer, Sam Shen, and Michael A Gisondi.
    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
    • Acad Emerg Med. 2024 Jun 28.

    BackgroundPrecision health is a burgeoning scientific discipline that aims to incorporate individual variability in biological, behavioral, and social factors to develop personalized health solutions. To date, emergency medicine has not deeply engaged in the precision health movement. However, rapid advances in health technology, data science, and medical informatics offer new opportunities for emergency medicine to realize the promises of precision health.MethodsIn this article, we conceptualize precision emergency medicine as an emerging paradigm and identify key drivers of its implementation into current and future clinical practice. We acknowledge important obstacles to the specialty-wide adoption of precision emergency medicine and offer solutions that conceive a successful path forward.ResultsPrecision emergency medicine is defined as the use of information and technology to deliver acute care effectively, efficiently, and authentically to individual patients and their communities. Key drivers and opportunities include leveraging human data, capitalizing on technology and digital tools, providing deliberate access to care, advancing population health, and reimagining provider education and roles. Overcoming challenges in equity, privacy, and cost is essential for success. We close with a call to action to proactively incorporate precision health into the clinical practice of emergency medicine, the training of future emergency physicians, and the research agenda of the specialty.ConclusionsPrecision emergency medicine leverages new technology and data-driven artificial intelligence to advance diagnostic testing, individualize patient care plans and therapeutics, and strategically refine the convergence of the health system and the community.© 2024 The Author(s). Academic Emergency Medicine published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Society for Academic Emergency Medicine.

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