Wireless POCT data transmission.
Despite the many advantages of POCT, the biggest obstacle for the lab often becomes documentation and billing of tests performed at remote locations. To solve this problem, this lab took advantage of a wireless radiofrequency network that had been installed for the pharmacy to transmit and receive patient histories. They decided to use this same system to communicate between the analyzers and the LIS.
Toffaletti
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Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
D001784:Blood Gas Analysis; D002984:Clinical Laboratory Information Systems; D016494:Computer Security; D006785:Hospitals, University; D007344:Insurance Claim Reporting; D007755:Laboratories, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008122:Local Area Networks; D009657:North Carolina; D010355:Patient Identification Systems; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011846:Radio Waves; D012984:Software