Design, implementation and initial assessment of the Northern Territory Point‐of‐Care Testing Program

• Published in: The Australian journal of rural health Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 16 - 21
• Main Authors: Shephard, Mark D.S, Spaeth, Brooke, Mazzachi, Beryl C, Auld, Malcolm, Schatz, Steven, Loudon, John, Rigby, Janet, Daniel, Vinod
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Melbourne, Australia Blackwell Publishing Asia 01.02.2012; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Acutely; Efficacy; First year; governance; Health care facilities; health care workers; Health centres; Health facilities; Humans; i-STAT; Laboratories; Northern Territory; Nursing; Occupational health; Operators; Pathology; patients; point-of-care; Point-of-Care Systems - standards; Point-of-Care Systems - utilization; Program Development; remote; Retention; Rural Health Services; satisfaction; Service provision; stakeholders; Statistical analysis; surveys; Territories; Territory; Viability; Northern Territory

Objective: The objective of the study was to improve pathology services in selected remote health centres from the Northern Territory (NT) through the implementation of a quality managed point‐of‐care pathology testing (POCT) service. Design: Study of the efficacy of the POCT service after 1 year an...