PubMed · 10283537
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B Adair, D Darling. 1987. A microcomputer program for reagent cost management.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10283537/
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BACKGROUND: Electronic result reporting from two laboratories to physicians in primary health care through electronic data interchange (EDI) has been used as a supplement to the printed reports. The aim of the study was to see if the quality of the electronic reporting could be improved so that the printed reporting could be cut out without any loss of data. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Staff members in 20 selected offices were interviewed and error messages on file in the computer systems were studied. RESULTS: During a period of four months, the laboratories sent 10,740 electronic messages to the selected offices. Error messages arose from 71 of these messages (0.7%). 49 of the errors were discovered and corrected by the staff, but 22 errors were not noticed, and the result reports were lost. INTERPRETATION: If electronic result reporting should become the only reporting routine, it would be necessary to change several routines both in the laboratories and in the physician's offices. Patients must be identified by using official identifiers. The physicians must control in the computer system that all requested results are received, and the programs used for controlling the messages before they are entered into the electronic patient journal, must be improved.
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The new paradigm of POCT as integrated into the ICU will allow for an improved and more efficient critical care workplace and possibly improvements in outcome and costs. Technologic advances in POCT will focus on enhancements of current devices, connectivity, and data management and on the introduction of novel diagnostic and therapeutic approaches. It is hoped that in the future the regulatory, laboratory, and L/HIS communities will recognize the need to accept, integrate, accommodate, and expand POCT, thereby promoting bedside diagnostics. For ongoing follow-up of the myriad of POCT projects, refer to the POCT websites listed in Table 1.