Evaluate the Health System Readiness for PM Adoption
Assess how well your health system is prepared to implement personalized healthcare solutions — revealing where it's already strong, and where your advocacy can have the greatest impact.
What this step covers
What it is
This step reveals what your health system already does well, and what needs improvement, to successfully adopt precision medicine.
- Political, economic, innovation & social factors that could influence your advocacy strategy
- Regional disparities — how economic, technological, cultural, and educational factors shape system capabilities and patient access
- Strengths & gaps overview — a clear view of what's working and what still needs to change
How this step strengthens your advocacy
Completing this step means you know exactly where your health system is ready — and where to focus your energy for the greatest impact.
- Reveals strengths and gaps — a clear view of what the system already does well, and where improvements are needed
- Identifies strategic entry points — highlights where the system isn't ready to adopt PM solutions, and where your advocacy can have the greatest impact
Access the Tool
The PM Implementation Readiness Assessment Tool helps you evaluate how prepared your health system is across political, economic, and social dimensions.
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Create a Change Ask Narrative
Clearly defining a concrete change demand helps you articulate your cause to decision-makers and guide your advocacy efforts. Combine your Step 01 access findings with your Step 02 readiness findings to build a compelling, targeted ask.
Step 01 findings
Step 02 findings
A targeted, evidence-backed demand
How to complete the readiness assessment
Follow these steps to assess your health system's readiness for PM adoption, then translate your findings into a clear change ask.
Download the Step 02 How-To Guide (PDF)Open the PM Implementation Readiness Assessment Tool
Access the tool and review its structure before you begin. It's built to help you assess readiness across political, economic, innovation, and social/cultural dimensions.
Work through the political, economic, innovation & social factors
Document how each of these factors could influence your advocacy strategy in your specific country and disease area context.
Note regional economic, technological, cultural & educational disparities
These disparities shape healthcare system capabilities and patient access to precision medicine — understanding them helps you tailor your advocacy to your specific context.
Highlight what the system does well, and where it isn't ready
This is where your advocacy can have the greatest impact — use the tool's output to pinpoint the strategic entry points for change.
Combine Step 01 and Step 02 findings into a Change Ask
Use the Change Ask Tool to combine your access hurdles (Step 01) with your system-level opportunities for change (Step 02) into a concrete, targeted change ask.
Additional resources that inspired the co-creation of this step and its tools
Additional Resources
Explore additional resources created by real-world advocates, to help you in your readiness assessment
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