Exploring the barriers and facilitators to use of point of care tests in family medicine clinics in the United States

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-8

  Hardy, Victoria ^a   Thompson, Matthew ^a   Alto, William ^b   Keppel, Gina A ^a   Hornecker, Jaime ^c   Linares, Adriana ^d   Robitaille, Beth ^c   Baldwin, Laura Mae ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Swedish Cherry Hill Family Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^d Southwest Washington Family Practice   (United States)

Author keywords

Family medicine; Infections; Near patient testing; Point of care tests

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYSICIAN; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY CONTROL; UNITED STATES; WORKFLOW;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY CONTROL; UNITED STATES; WORKFLOW;

EID: 84994049545     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12875-016-0549-1     Document Type: Article

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