Christopher P. Price|Larry J. Kricka
Improving Healthcare Accessibility through Point-of-Care Technologies
John Radcliffe Hospital|University of Oxford|National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
background nih committed improving healthcare quality us set initiatives address problems fragmented nature healthcare provision hypothesis developed testing closer point care delivered may reduce fragmentation care improve outcomes methods national institute biomedical imaging bioengineering nibib nihs national heart lung blood institute national science foundation sponsored workshop improving health care accessibility pointofcare technologies april 2006 workshop assessed clinical needs opportunities pointofcare poc technologies primary care home emergency medical services reviewed minimally invasive noninvasive testing including imaging conventional testing based sensor labonachip technologies emerging needs informatics telehealth healthcare systems engineering considered poc testing context additionally implications evidencebased decisionmaking reviewed particularly related challenges producing reliable evidence undertaking regulation implementing evidence responsibly integrating evidence health policy results many testing procedures considered valuable clinical settings discussed technological solutions proposed meet needs well practical requirements around clinical process change regulation considerations series recommendations formulated development poc technologies based input symposium attendees conclusion nibib developed funding initiative establish pointofcare technologies research network work bridge technologyclinical gap provide partnerships necessary application technologies pressing clinical needs poc testing