CEO Summary: In a thinly-populated region the size of Texas and New Mexico combined, an integrated clinical care program based on point-of- care testing (POCT) has delivered impressive gains in health outcomes. For rural residents, mortality rates from cardiovascular disease have fallen by 50%. There were comparable declines in hospital length of stay and the […]
Use of Point-of-Care Testing Reduces Mortality by 50%
- By Robert Michel
- > From the Volume XVII No. 5 - March 29, 2010 Issue
- Tags: cap, dark report, hematology, hie, hospital laboratory, impac, lab staff, lab test, lab testing, laboratories, laboratory information, laboratory information system, laboratory information systems, laboratory medicine, laboratory scientists, laboratory service, laboratory staff, laboratory test, laboratory test results, laboratory testing, pathologists, pathology lab, pathology laboratory, pathology labs, pathology service, poct, quality control, test menu, the dark report, the laboratory
