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Integrating point-of-care testing into a community Emergency Department: A mixed-methods evaluation

Academic Emergency Medicine Jun 16, 2018

Pines JM, et al. - Researchers performed an evaluation of Emergency Departments (ED)-based point-of-care testing (POCT) program on ED length of stay (LOS) and time to care, coupled with qualitative interviews of local ED stakeholders. Analyzing the included 47,399 ED visits (24,705 in the preintervention period and 22,694 in the postintervention period), they noted a reduction in time to test result for both troponin and chemistry in association with ED implementation of POCT. As per local staff, faster time to test resulted in improved quality of care; however, concerns regarding the POCT accuracy were raised.
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