Community of Practice
Precision Health
Mark Merolli, University of Melbourne
The Precision Health Community of Practice welcomes new members who are interested in advancing the emerging field of Precision Health in an increasingly digitally-enabled society. We want to promote Precision Health to the digital health community with a focus on new initiatives both across Australasia and internationally and the challenges these raise so that we can support its introduction into our health system.
A/Prof Paul Cooper FAIDH CHIA, Deakin University
What is the definition of Precision Health?
Precision Health seeks and analyses a wide range of information, such as clinical observations, biomarkers (including genomics) and patient generated data. It triangulates this information within the context of lifestyle, behaviour, environment and medical history to inform and personalise prevention, diagnosis and treatment at an individual, patient cohort and population level.
As an evolving field, Precision Health will adapt and transform over time by incorporating innovation and discovery, resulting in improved individual health and well-being.
Communities of Practice are open to all Members and Fellows of the Institute.
Leadership
Siân Slade
VIC, Chair
Executive Consultant,
Biophoranta
Kathy Campbell
QLD, Vice Chair
Director,
Ockham Consulting Pty Ltd
Dr Natalie Thorne CHIA
VIC, Secretary
Lead, Genomic Information Management,
Melbourne Genomics Health Alliance
Dr Shahrukh Khan
VIC, Member Engagement Coordinator
Senior Research Fellow,
The University of Melbourne
A/Prof Paul Cooper FAIDH CHIA
VIC, Digital Content Coordinator
Associate Professor, Faculty of Health; School of Medicine,
Deakin University
Dr Joanna Pang FAIDH
Hong Kong SAR, Committee member
Chief Manager of Health Informatics,
Hospital Authority of Hong Kong
Upcoming Events
The Institute hosts dozens of events nationally each year.
Precision Health on Digital Health TV
A member-exclusive benefit featuring hundreds of videos.
Personalising health: From individuals to populations
Perspectives and Progress in Precision Medicine
The role of the US National Library of Medicine in broadening the conversation
An informatics strategy: The key to precision medicine success
Resources
This Algorithm Doesn't Replace Doctors—It Makes Them Better
Tom Simonite
Wired
Reflections on Precision Medicine from HIMSS 2019
Kate Birch
Melbourne Genomics Health Alliance
Precision Medicine Sparks New Conversations about Patient Data
Jennifer Bresnick
Health IT Analytics
Family Medicine – Precision Medicine in Primary Care
Dr W. Gregory Feero
American Family Physician 2017
Cognitive health care in 2027 – Harnessing a data-driven approach in personalised health care
Thomas H. Davenport & Ravi Kalakota
September 2017, Deloitte University Press
Horizon Scanning Series: The Future of Precision Medicine in Australia
Adrian Turner
Australian Council of Learned Academies
Going Beyond Genomics in Precision Medicine: What’s Next
David Crockett
Health Catalyst
Community blogs, learnings and insights
If you would like to contribute to our community of practice and have something to say, send us an email.
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[ BLOG ] : Artificial intelligence and precision healthcare
Blog Artificial intelligence and precision healthcare By Peter Williams Part of the Precision Medicine Community of Practice Steering Committee The HISA Precision Medicine Community of Practice sees precision medicine as not constrained to developments associated with...
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