ReviewEJIFCC2021
Synergy Between Point-of-Care Testing and Laboratory Consolidations.
Review in EJIFCC, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
What it found
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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
8 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.
- Reassessing Agreement Between Point of Care and Laboratory Triglyceride Measurements in High Risk Pregnancy.Endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism · 2026Article
- Portable Home-Use Triglyceride Meter Demonstrates Good Agreement With Plasma Laboratory Measures During Pregnancies Complicated by Metabolic Disease.Endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism · 2026Article
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- Budget impact analyses of hemoglobin A1c and lipid panel point-of-care testing with Afinion™ 2 in Canada and Italy.Journal of comparative effectiveness research · 2025Article
- A Comprehensive Review of the Diagnostics for Pediatric Tuberculosis Based on Assay Time, Ease of Operation, and Performance.Microorganisms · 2025Review
- Validation of Nova Stat Profile Prime Plus point-of-care testing for dialysis in South Africa.African journal of laboratory medicine · 2025Article
- Clinical Need for Point-of-Care Testing for Diabetes in Clinical and Laboratory Improvement Amendments-Waived Settings.Clinical diabetes : a publication of the American Diabetes Association · 2025Article
- Assessing Third-Year Medical Students' Perspective on Point of Care Testing Boot Camp: From Bench to Bedside.EJIFCC · 2022Article
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Central or area laboratories will offer an improved number of diagnostic testing services, where drivers for change will involve chronic disease clinical care for an increasingly older population, new emerging diagnostic technologies and personalized medicine. Higher automation quality and ever more diagnostic field integration will lead to higher productivity by means of an improved throughput. At the same time Point of Care Testing (POCT) site of patient care allows for timely medical assessment, which can lead to improved patient outcomes, more effectiveness and patient satisfaction. POCT test introduction in clinical practice should be assessed by an outcome-based policy to avoid adverse events, failure to diagnose providing appropriate timed treatment. The use of POCT devices does not only require technological considerations for the production and management of acceptable tests possibly managed by central laboratory, but also implicates a shift in diagnostic practice across all health organizations. The interaction between laboratory professionals and clinicians will be enriched with new methods of evaluation of patient needs in the internet of things and mobile Health worlds, where boundaries between POCT and central laboratory or hospital and primary healthcare will no longer exist and where all data can be shared and disseminated among stakeholders in the healthcare system.
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Identifiers
34819822PMC8592627W3216695470What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.