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Diagnostics in a digital age: an opportunity to strengthen health systems and improve health outcomes.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.
- Health systems readiness for integration of point-of-care digital diagnostic tools for acute febrile illness in Ghana: a mixed-methods study protocol.BMJ public health · 2026Article
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- Implementation of the laboratory strategic framework to strengthen health laboratory services in Eastern Mediterranean Region, 2016-2023.African journal of laboratory medicine · 2025Article
- Flexible and Innovative Connectivity Solution to Support National Decentralized Infectious Diseases Point-of-Care Testing Programs in Primary Health Services: Descriptive Evaluation Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Article
- Laboratory services in the context of prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV testing requirements in Copperbelt Province, Zambia: a qualitative inquiry.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- Advances in point-of-care genetic testing for personalized medicine applications.Biomicrofluidics · 2023Review
- The Trypanosoma cruzi Antigen and Epitope Atlas: antibody specificities in Chagas disease patients across the Americas.Nature communications · 2023Article
- A Scoping Review of Supply Chain Management Systems for Point of Care Diagnostic Services: Optimising COVID-19 Testing Capacity in Resource-Limited Settings.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Diagnosing point-of-care diagnostics for neglected tropical diseases.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2021Review
- Serodiagnostics for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Related Coronavirus 2 : A Narrative Review.Annals of internal medicine · 2020Review
- Call to action for health systems integration of point-of-care testing to mitigate the transmission and burden of sexually transmitted infections.Sexually transmitted infections · 2020Article
- NTD Diagnostics for Disease Elimination: A Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Review
- Supply chain management and accessibility to point-of-care testing in resource-limited settings: a systematic scoping review.BMC health services research · 2019Article
- Toward Improving Accessibility of Point-of-Care Diagnostic Services for Maternal and Child Health in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.Point of care · 2019Article
- Poor supply chain management and stock-outs of point-of-care diagnostic tests in Upper East Region's primary healthcare clinics, Ghana.PloS one · 2019Article
- Innovative digital technologies for quality assurance of diagnosis of human African trypanosomiasis.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2018Article
- Improving the Accessibility and Efficiency of Point-of-Care Diagnostics Services in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Lean and Agile Supply Chain Management.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2017Review
- Syphilis.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2017Review
- Next-generation ELISA diagnostic assay for Chagas Disease based on the combination of short peptidic epitopes.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2017Article
- Point-of-Care Sexually Transmitted Infection Diagnostics: Proceedings of the STAR Sexually Transmitted Infection-Clinical Trial Group Programmatic Meeting.Sexually transmitted diseases · 2017Review
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Abstract
Diagnostics play a critical role in clinical decision making, and in disease control and prevention. Rapid point-of-care (POC) tests for infectious diseases can improve access to diagnosis and patient management, but the quality of these tests vary, quality of testing is often not assured and there are few mechanisms to capture test results for surveillance when the testing is so decentralised. A new generation of POC molecular tests that are highly sensitive and specific, robust and easy to use are now available for deployment in low resource settings. Decentralisation of testing outside of the laboratory can put tremendous stress on the healthcare system and presents challenges for training and quality assurance. A feature of many of these POC molecular devices is that they are equipped with data transmission capacities. In a digital age, it is possible to link data from diagnostic laboratories and POC test readers and devices to provide data on testing coverage, disease trends and timely information for early warning of infectious disease outbreaks to inform design or optimisation of disease control and elimination programmes. Data connectivity also allows control programmes to monitor the quality of tests and testing, and optimise supply chain management; thus, increasing the efficiency of healthcare systems and improving patient outcomes.
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