The value of clinical needs assessments for point-of-care diagnostics

Point of Care

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 108-113

  Weigl, Bernhard H ^a   Gaydos, Charlotte A ^b   Kost, Gerald ^c   Beyette, Fred R ^d   Sabourin, Stephanie ^e   Rompalo, Anne ^b   De Los Santos, Tala ^a   McMullan, Jason T ^f   Haller, John ^g  

^a Program for Appropriate Technology in Health   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d University of Cincinnati   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND BIOENGINEERING   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g Toshiba Medical Research Institute USA Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

brain trauma; disaster medicine; global health; sexually transmitted infections; User needs assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862181276     PISSN: 1533029X     EISSN: 15330303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/POC.0b013e31825a241e     Document Type: Article

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