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This project investigates the existing weaknesses associated with the United States current health care services. It identifies the contributions of those preventable leading causes of death which escalate the cost of health care services. This paper, also explores specific public health mechanisms to eliminate those risk factors which are of singular importance in the early onset of death from heart diseases. An attendant preventive medicine approach, is the innovative- P4 Medicine which consists of predictive, preventive, personalized and participatory. The adoption of this state-of -the-art intervention from genomic technology, addresses how some deleterious genes can be silenced, and how the early precursors of complex diseases as cardiovascular disease can be detected at their incipient stages and prevented. Public health genomics has created the scientific opportunities to contain the spiraling cost of health services through prompt and early intervention. Through social engineering, the public can be encouraged to avoid lipids, abstain from tobacco and engage in regular exercise so as to reap the benefits of being protected from deadly diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases. The cost-saving measures of electronic health record and the limitations were discussed. Preventive education programs can contain not only the escalating cost of health care services, but also maximize health benefits for the public. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
