Realizing the full potential of precision health: The need to include patient-reported health behavior, mental health, social determinants, and patient preferences data

Abstract

Precision health and big data approaches have great potential, yet such benefits will be realized only when social and behavioral determinants of health and patient preferences are combined with genomic information. Literature review and co-author experiences informed this commentary. Validated health behavior, mental health, and patient preference measures were collected and summarized in real time. Integration of such data into existing data sets will advance precision health, patient-centered care, research, and policy.

Keywords

• Precision medicine
• social and behavioral data
• electronic health records
• patient-centered care
• learning health care system