Description
The cost of care in healthcare settings is rapidly rising, and it is increasingly difficult to decrease these costs without compromising quality and accessibility. This paper aims to investigate methods and potential opportunities for innovation of next-generation genetic sequencing in healthcare decisions and trajectories of care. Using various sources such as medical encyclopedias and peer-reviewed journal articles, this paper explores the ways in which genetic testing became popular in medicine and how genetic testing is currently being used. This knowledge is used to conclude the most likely trajectory of genetics within the field of medicine and its most cost-effective interventions. From this analysis, a possible innovation in the processing of patients' genetic samples arises. By streamlining this process of analyzing the samples and the journey of samples from a patient to specialty lab to provider, we can reduce administrative, travel, and labor costs while expediting the process of receiving results, all of which increase quality and accessibility. This also increases access by making the process more efficient. Through the lens of the triple aim of quality, cost, and access, this paper analyzes a topic in healthcare and offers potential innovations that satisfy the triple aim.
Publisher
Providence College
Date
Fall 11-2022
Start Date
3-25-2023 10:00 AM
Type
Article
Format
Text
Language
English
