title: Better tests, better care: improved diagnostics for infectious diseases.
abstract: In this IDSA policy paper, we review the current diagnostic landscape, including unmet needs and emerging technologies, and assess the challenges to the development and clinical integration of improved tests. To fulfill the promise of emerging diagnostics, IDSA presents recommendations that address a host of identified barriers. Achieving these goals will require the engagement and coordination of a number of stakeholders, including Congress, funding and regulatory bodies, public health agencies, the diagnostics industry, healthcare systems, professional societies, and individual clinicians.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
authors.forename: Angela M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Caliendo
authors.forename: David N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Gilbert
authors.forename: Christine C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Ginocchio
authors.forename: Kimberly E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Hanson
authors.forename: Larissa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: May
authors.forename: Thomas C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Quinn
authors.forename: Fred C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Tenover
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Alland
authors.forename: Anne J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Blaschke
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Bonomo
authors.forename: Karen C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Carroll
authors.forename: Mary Jane
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Ferraro
authors.forename: Lisa R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Hirschhorn
authors.forename: W Patrick
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Joseph
authors.forename: Tobi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Karchmer
authors.forename: Ann T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: MacIntyre
authors.forename: L Barth
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Reller
authors.forename: Audrey F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Jackson
mesh_terms: D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006291:Health Policy; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008828:Microbiological Techniques / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D025202:Molecular Diagnostic Techniques / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems; D011634:Public Health
keywords: clinical microbiology; diagnostics; infectious diseases; molecular diagnostics; point-of-care testing; rapid diagnostics