08 May 2012: "The ´Virtual Patient´ in healthcare: IT Future of Medicine" in Clinical Laboratory International journal

Today’s medicine does not take into account the tremendous diversity between human individuals. In this article you can read how  ITFoM will lay the groundwork for tomorrow´s medicine in which a “Virtual Patient” system will integrate all molecular, physiological, and anatomical data into personalised models of individual people, enabling prediction of the result of lifestyle choices and medical interventions on a tailored case-by-case basis.

 

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