The future of point-of-care testing in emergency departments

Expert Opinion on Medical Diagnostics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 175-181

  Zydron, Courtney T ^a   Woodworth, Alison ^a   Storrow, Alan B ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency diagnostics; emergency medicine; organization decision making; point of care testing

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POINT OF CARE TESTING; REVIEW;

EID: 79955088809     PISSN: 17530059     EISSN: 17530067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/17530059.2011.567263     Document Type: Review

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