Background Emergency department crowding is a major global healthcare issue. There is
much debate as to the causes of the phenomenon, leading to difficulties in developing …

Point-of-care testing (POCT) allows physicians to detect and diagnose diseases at or near
the patient site, faster than conventional lab-based testing. The importance of POCT is …

Emergency department (ED) crowding represents an international crisis that may affect the
quality and access of health care. We conducted a comprehensive PubMed search to …

Point of care testing (POCT) refers to laboratory testing that occurs near to the patient, often
at the patient bedside. POCT can be advantageous in situations requiring rapid turnaround …

Background Overcrowding in emergency departments is a worldwide problem. A systematic
literature review was undertaken to scientifically explore which interventions improve patient …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: Prolonged emergency department (ED) wait time and length of visit
reduce quality of care and increase adverse events. Previous studies have not examined …

The use of point-of-care (POC) immunoassays has increased significantly and the menu of
analytes continues to expand. Most of the rapid immunoassays are currently based on …

The problem of emergency department (ED) overcrowding has reached crisis proportions in
the last decade. In 2005, the National Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Medicine …

We summarize information on quality indicators related to laboratory testing from published
literature and Internet sources to assess current gaps with respect to stages of the laboratory …

Poor core laboratory performance that causes delays in diagnosis and treatment is an
impediment to optimal patient care, particularly in high-volume patient care areas such as …