Abstract
To the Editor,
In rural and remote communities across Australia, timely access to pathology services is often poor, impacted by geographical remoteness and challenges associated with transporting patient samples to pathology services. Establishing quality-assured point-of-care testing (POCT) networks within primary health care (PHC) settings is a viable alternative solution that improves equity of timely access and ensures results are of suitably acceptable analytical quality...
In rural and remote communities across Australia, timely access to pathology services is often poor, impacted by geographical remoteness and challenges associated with transporting patient samples to pathology services. Establishing quality-assured point-of-care testing (POCT) networks within primary health care (PHC) settings is a viable alternative solution that improves equity of timely access and ensures results are of suitably acceptable analytical quality...
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 379-382 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Pathology |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Early online date | 10 Jan 2025 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 10 Jan 2025 |
Keywords
- Remote health
- Rural health
- Health care delivery
- Point of care testing
- White blood cell count