The ethics committee at General Hospital is discussing issues involved in genomic screening of patients with type 2 diabetes. Which factor should be considered by the interdisciplinary team when making a decision about implementing genomic screening?
A) Genomic screening is less costly than frequent HbA1c level testing.
B) Genomic screening may reduce the time required to find the best treatment regimen.
C) Nutrition and exercise programs do not offer better use of limited financial resources.
D) HbA1c testing provides results that reduce the time required to find the best treatment regimen.
B) Genomic screening may reduce the time required to find the best treatment regimen.
Explanation: A) Debates are ongoing regarding whether or not to perform genomic screening procedures before initiating treatment to determine the most effective antidiabetic drug for each individual. Genomic screening involves additional cost, while inexpensive blood tests such as HbA1c monitoring can easily serve as a treatment response indicator. However, using HbA1c as a tool for treatment response monitoring requires many months of time, which may be followed by many rounds of drug changes. Also controversial is whether existing financial resources should be redirected toward developing genomic screening techniques or toward offering innovative educational programs on nutrition and exercise to help patients with type 2 diabetes maintain glycemic control.
B) Debates are ongoing regarding whether or not to perform genomic screening procedures before initiating treatment to determine the most effective antidiabetic drug for each individual. Genomic screening involves additional cost, while inexpensive blood tests such as HbA1c monitoring can easily serve as a treatment response indicator. However, using HbA1c as a tool for treatment response monitoring requires many months of time, which may be followed by many rounds of drug changes. Also controversial is whether existing financial resources should be redirected toward developing genomic screening techniques or toward offering innovative educational programs on nutrition and exercise to help patients with type 2 diabetes maintain glycemic control.
C) Debates are ongoing regarding whether or not to perform genomic screening procedures before initiating treatment to determine the most effective antidiabetic drug for each individual. Genomic screening involves additional cost, while inexpensive blood tests such as HbA1c monitoring can easily serve as a treatment response indicator. However, using HbA1c as a tool for treatment response monitoring requires many months of time, which may be followed by many rounds of drug changes. Also controversial is whether existing financial resources should be redirected toward developing genomic screening techniques or toward offering innovative educational programs on nutrition and exercise to help patients with type 2 diabetes maintain glycemic control.
D) Debates are ongoing regarding whether or not to perform genomic screening procedures before initiating treatment to determine the most effective antidiabetic drug for each individual. Genomic screening involves additional cost, while inexpensive blood tests such as HbA1c monitoring can easily serve as a treatment response indicator. However, using HbA1c as a tool for treatment response monitoring requires many months of time, which may be followed by many rounds of drug changes. Also controversial is whether existing financial resources should be redirected toward developing genomic screening techniques or toward offering innovative educational programs on nutrition and exercise to help patients with type 2 diabetes maintain glycemic control.
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