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“ WE BELIEVE THAT DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WILL ENABLE TRUE PRECISION MEDICINE AND IMPROVED OUTCOMES .”
diagnostic tests to determine dosage , or which variant of the drug a patient should be prescribed . We believe that diagnostic testing will enable true precision medicine and improved outcomes .
Traditional health issues are separate from wellness , but people want more information . Twenty years after the human genome was sequenced , we can now look at wellness , metabolism , disease , and longevity using diagnostic testing . You ’ ll wake up , brush your teeth , and take a wellness test . Based upon the results , you ’ ll drink a shake that addresses your body ’ s needs or change your exercise regime .
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5 / What are the benefits to patients ? We ’ ve seen the power of telemedicine , but it ’ s only as good as the information that you give it . If you could run tests that you would normally have to go to the doctor or the hospital for , it would transform that whole experience and change the cost profile . If we can keep people at home so they don ’ t have to expose themselves to the possibility of infection , or deal with transport or mobility issues , then you really can change people ’ s quality of life . One of the things that really drives us as a team is the idea that , one day , technology will be able to improve people ’ s outcomes without them having to leave the house , and at the same time put personal healthcare wellness data under their control .
6 / What do you see as future opportunities for HP in these emerging areas ? For starters , HP has three big strengths . First , its microfluidics IP — which allows us to manage doses of fluids with incredible precision and speed . This is amazing technology that , historically , has been applied to printing . We believe it has vast
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potential applications across many areas of health and wellness , including diagnostics . Second , HP ’ s manufacturing scale . We ship about three devices per second across our PC and printing businesses , so this is a company that knows how to put products in the hands of people who need them . And third , the strength of our brand . It ’ s a brand built on trust , and in the world of healthcare with issues around security and privacy , that ’ s really important .
7 / It ’ s 2021 . Tell us why you are feeling optimistic . I fundamentally believe that we have the ability to really change people ’ s lives , whether it ’ s the elderly who can ’ t leave their home , or reassuring parents that their kids are okay , or making sure the rest of us can physically go to work and travel and get back to some kind of normalcy . The future of health technology — including this idea of a more democratized , distributed , and cost-effective means of diagnostic testing — has the potential to change healthcare in a bigger way than the Human Genome Project did . — Sunshine Flint
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