Doctors' perceptions of the impact of upfront point-of-care testing in the emergency department.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:Special investigations (e.g. blood tests, electrocardiograms, x-rays) play an integral role in patient management in the emergency department (ED). Having results immediately available prior to assessing a patient may lead to improved efficiency. This could be instituted by utilizing point-of-care (POC) testing with an alternative ED workflow, but the implementation would be dependent on acceptance by the end-users. The aim of this study was to assess doctors' perceptions of POC testing in the ED when the normal treatment pathway was modified to use upfront POC tests performed prior to doctor evaluation in an effort to decrease treatment times. METHODS:A prospective, randomized, controlled trial was performed in the ED where medical patients received either the normal ED workflo

SUBMITTER: Goldstein LN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6292565 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature