Driving the precision medicine highway: community health workers and patient navigators

Authors: Irma N. Ramos, Kristie N. Ramos and Kenneth S. Ramos

Despite the availability of precision medicine – treatments tailored to patient’s particular needs based on their genetic make-up, environment and other factors – many minority or underserved populations do not have access to or cannot understand information related to precision medicine. This study proposes a coordinated expansion of community health worker and patient navigator roles to translate information to patients and expand access to precision medicine.