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POCT and its Application
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Summary:
Presented by Jay Jones, Ph.D., DABCC,
this webinar analyzed the entire clinical process that point
of care testing supports frequently discloses
room for efficiency improvement. The "Lean"
movement offers a framework for doing this
process analysis.
Electronic integration of POCT into the clinical
process is a growing for "lean" process
analysis. Two examples (outpatient coag clinic
and cardiovascular OR blood gases) will be
shared showing how a entire clinical process can
be "leaned" with up front process analysis.
Objectives: After
viewing this webinar, you will be
able to:
- Cite 5
examples of how POCT is innately "lean"
- Describe the
growing importance of the user/IT interface
in efficient clinical process design
- State the
importance of assessing the entire clinical
process before installing POCT
Vendor Sponsors:
- Alere
- Eurotrol
- Medical
Automation Systems
- NOVA
- Radiometer
 About
our Presenter:
Jay B. Jones received his Ph.D. degree from the
George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
in 1978 while performing research at the
National Heart Institute in Bethesda, Maryland.
After postdoctoral fellowships at the University
of Southern California and the Georgetown
University Hospital, Dr. Jones joined the
Geisinger Clinic, now the Geisinger Health
System in 1981.
Since 1984 Dr. Jones has directed the formation
of the Geisinger Regional Laboratory now 45
separate CLIA office lab sites integrated on a
Wide Area Network (WAN). Integrating automated
core lab testing with decentralized point of
care testing in a common laboratory and
Electronic Health Record (EHR) database has
contributed to a standardized and efficient
regional infrastructure. Integrating clinical
laboratory information into larger clinical
databases to perform data mining and clinical
outcome studies is a growing interest of Dr.
Jones. Dr. Jones has advocated client server
networked solutions via “Middleware” for
numerous clinical laboratory applications. |
