Health breakthroughs driven by DNA analysis

The Healthy Nevada Project, developed by Renown Institute for Health Innovation (Renown IHI), is one of the first community-based population health studies in the United States. By combining genetic data, environmental data and individual health information, researchers and physicians are gaining new insight into population health, enabling personalized health care while improving the health and well-being of entire communities in Nevada. The Project comes at a time when the state continues to struggle with poor health outcomes and excess costs. Nevada ranks near the bottom of overall health rankings in the U.S. and suffers from high mortality rates for chronic conditions like heart disease, cancer and chronic respiratory disease. "This was our call to action," says Dr. Anthony Slonim, President and CEO of Renown Health.