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A. PanesarPrecision Health and Artificial Intelligencehttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9162-7_2

2. What Is Precision Health?

Arjun Panesar1  
(1)
DDM Health, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
 
Precision health is a holistic healthcare approach that integrates numerous biological data points, including longitudinal molecular, cellular, and phenotypic biomarkers and individual genome sequences. Excluding the role of genetics, research shows four broad factors influence our health.1

  • Social and economic environment: 40 percent

  • Health behaviors: 30 percent

  • Clinical care: 20 percent

  • Physical environment: 10 percent

While the weightings may differ between individuals, ...

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