title: Optimizing point-of-care testing in clinical systems management.
abstract: The goal of improving medical and economic outcomes calls for leadership based on fundamental principles. The manager of clinical systems works collaboratively within the acute care center to optimize point-of-care testing through systematic approaches such as integrative strategies, algorithms, and performance maps. These approaches are effective and efficacious for critically ill patients. Optimizing point-of-care testing throughout the entire health-care system is inherently more difficult. There is potential to achieve high-quality testing, integrated disease management, and equitable health-care delivery. Despite rapid change and economic uncertainty, a macro-strategic, information-integrated, feedback-systems, outcomes-oriented approach is timely, challenging, effective, and uplifting to the creative human spirit.
authors: Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, USA.
authors: G J
authors: GJ
authors: Kost
mesh_terms: D002984:Clinical Laboratory Information Systems; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D016638:Critical Illness / Q000628:therapy; D003955:Diagnostic Tests, Routine / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000592:standards; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017064:Process Assessment, Health Care; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D012371:Robotics; D012984:Software; D013597:Systems Analysis; D018511:Systems Integration; D014481:United States