Point-of-care testing: Care closer to home

Point of Care

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 88-92

  Price, Christopher P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

communication technologies; information technology; point of care testing; telehealthcare

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958801022     PISSN: 1533029X     EISSN: 15330303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/POC.0b013e31821c6b87     Document Type: Review

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