Near patient testing must improve patient care

Near patient testing in primary care.

A review of near patient testing in primary care.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES The aim was to identify publications relating to near patient testing (NPT), the use of alternative delivery systems between laboratory and general practice, including electronic data interchange (EDI), and computerised diagnostic decision support (CDDS), in the primary care setting to answer the following questions. What is the availability of NPT for primary care? What evi...

Point-of-Care Ultrasonography in Orthopedics: A Helpful Tool to Improve Patient Care

An enormous technological improvement in Ultrasonography devices has occurred during last decade, providing excellent soft-tissue contrast and high spatial resolution images. Nowadays, musculoskeletal ultrasonography is going to be a stethoscope in the hand of orthopedic surgeons for the diagnosis of many musculoskeletal pathologies, as well as an accurate guide for therapeutic interventions. T...

Collecting data on patient experience is not enough: they must be used to improve care.

Anyone who has stayed in a hotel, flown in a plane, or bought something online will know that you are likely to be chased for feedback on the experience, usually during or shortly after the event. The NHS has caught the “real time” feedback bug too. By April 2015 all NHS patients attending any type of healthcare facility in England will be invited to report back on their experiences using a var...

Patient empowerment--a patient-centred approach to improve care.