Evolving health system boundaries
Examining how interactions with healthcare systems are changing as health-relevant information becomes more accessible outside traditional clinical domains.
Access to healthcare has traditionally relied on symptoms which are then investigated through technology based in hospitals or health centres. Recent advances in technology are changing this: for example, health investigations are increasingly available ‘over the counter’, or clinical diagnoses are found by research projects. Evolving abilities around treatment are also shifting boundaries as the pharmaceutical industry develops innovative, but very costly, therapies for increasingly rare genetic conditions.
The CPM is exploring how these shifting boundaries impact on the development and delivery of personalised medicine.
2024/25 topic: Direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing
