Implementation and Scale Up of Point of Care (POC) Diagnostics in Resource-Limited Settings

• Other Authors: Mashamba-Thompson, Tivani (Editor), Drain, Paul K. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: Humanities; Social interaction; point-of-care-ultrasound; ultrasound; implementation; point of care ultrasound; augmented reality; telemedicine; spatial accessibility; blood group; rhesus type; point-of-care testing; maternal healthcare; Upper East Region; Ghana; point-of-care ultrasound; medical education; syphilis; maternal mortality; interrupted time series; segmented regression analysis; point-of-care CD4+ t testing; qualitative survey; acceptability; patients; healthcare providers; primary healthcare clinics; HIV self-testing; scale-up; key stakeholder; quality HIV point-of-care-diagnostics; nominal group technique; stakeholder engagement; self-testing; novel coronavirus disease-19; blockchain; artificial intelligence; geographical access; glucose-6-phosphate dioxygenase deficiency; antenatal care; upper east region; schistosomiasis; barriers to diagnostics; access to healthcare; end-user perspectives; neglected tropical diseases; Nigeria; case management; electronic health information system; diagnosis; treatment; point-of-care; low and middle income countries; point-of-care diagnostics; healthcare services; COVID-19 era
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Scale up and implementation of new point-of-care (POC) diagnostics is a global health priority to enable the adoption of new evidence-based POC diagnostics and to replicate and extend the reach of POC diagnostics. Global private and public sector agencies have significantly increased their investmen...