Understanding Healthcare Professionals’ Perspectives on Point-of-Care Testing
Point-of-care testing (POCT) is an emerging technology that provides crucial assistance in delivering healthcare. The COVID-19 pandemic led to the accelerated importance of POCT technology due to its in-home accessibility. While POCT use and implementation has increased, little research has been pub...
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| author | Sean Teebagy Ziyue Wang Denise Dunlap Connor Saleeba Danielle DiMezza JoAnn Crain Craig M. Lilly Bryan Buchholz David D. McManus Nathaniel Hafer |
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| description | Point-of-care testing (POCT) is an emerging technology that provides crucial assistance in delivering healthcare. The COVID-19 pandemic led to the accelerated importance of POCT technology due to its in-home accessibility. While POCT use and implementation has increased, little research has been published about how healthcare professionals perceive these technologies. The objective of our study was to examine the current perspectives of healthcare professionals towards POCT. We surveyed healthcare professionals to quantify perceptions of POCT usage, adoption, benefits, and concerns between October 2020 and November 2020. Questions regarding POCT perception were assessed on a 5-point Likert Scale. We received a total of 287 survey responses. Of the respondents, 53.7% were male, 66.6% were white, and 30.7% have been in practice for over 20 years. We found that the most supported benefit was POCTs ability to improve patient management (92%) and that the most supported concern was that POCTs lead to over-testing (30%). This study provides a better understanding of healthcare workers’ perspectives on POCT. To improve patient outcomes through the usage of POCT, greater research is needed to assess the needs and concerns of industry and healthcare stakeholders. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ff52057b5b80410ea12eee7f823297e52023-11-23T19:33:44ZengMDPI AGDiagnostics2075-44182022-02-0112253310.3390/diagnostics12020533Understanding Healthcare Professionals’ Perspectives on Point-of-Care TestingSean Teebagy0Ziyue Wang1Denise Dunlap2Connor Saleeba3Danielle DiMezza4JoAnn Crain5Craig M. Lilly6Bryan Buchholz7David D. McManus8Nathaniel Hafer9Department of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School, 55 Lake Ave. N, Worcester, MA 01655, USADepartment of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School, 55 Lake Ave. N, Worcester, MA 01655, USAManning School of Business, UMass Lowell, 220 Pawtucket St., Lowell, MA 01854, USADepartment of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School, 55 Lake Ave. N, Worcester, MA 01655, USADepartment of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School, 55 Lake Ave. N, Worcester, MA 01655, USAClinical Laboratory Operations, UMass Memorial Health, 55 Lake Ave. N, Worcester, MA 01655, USADepartment of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School, 55 Lake Ave. N, Worcester, MA 01655, USADepartment of Biomedical Engineering, UMass Lowell, 220 Pawtucket St., Lowell, MA 01854, USADepartment of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School, 55 Lake Ave. N, Worcester, MA 01655, USAUMass Center for Clinical and Translational Science, UMass Chan Medical School, 55 Lake Ave. N, Worcester, MA 01655, USAPoint-of-care testing (POCT) is an emerging technology that provides crucial assistance in delivering healthcare. The COVID-19 pandemic led to the accelerated importance of POCT technology due to its in-home accessibility. While POCT use and implementation has increased, little research has been published about how healthcare professionals perceive these technologies. The objective of our study was to examine the current perspectives of healthcare professionals towards POCT. We surveyed healthcare professionals to quantify perceptions of POCT usage, adoption, benefits, and concerns between October 2020 and November 2020. Questions regarding POCT perception were assessed on a 5-point Likert Scale. We received a total of 287 survey responses. Of the respondents, 53.7% were male, 66.6% were white, and 30.7% have been in practice for over 20 years. We found that the most supported benefit was POCTs ability to improve patient management (92%) and that the most supported concern was that POCTs lead to over-testing (30%). This study provides a better understanding of healthcare workers’ perspectives on POCT. To improve patient outcomes through the usage of POCT, greater research is needed to assess the needs and concerns of industry and healthcare stakeholders.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/12/2/533point-of-care testingrapid testinghealthcare provider survey |
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| title | Understanding Healthcare Professionals’ Perspectives on Point-of-Care Testing |
| title_full | Understanding Healthcare Professionals’ Perspectives on Point-of-Care Testing |
| title_fullStr | Understanding Healthcare Professionals’ Perspectives on Point-of-Care Testing |
| title_full_unstemmed | Understanding Healthcare Professionals’ Perspectives on Point-of-Care Testing |
| title_short | Understanding Healthcare Professionals’ Perspectives on Point-of-Care Testing |
| title_sort | understanding healthcare professionals perspectives on point of care testing |
| topic | point-of-care testing rapid testing healthcare provider survey |
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