Brooke Spaeth, Flinders University Research Officer and Coordinator of the Northern Territory Point-of-Care Testing Program, right, during a training session with Aboriginal Health Workers Janice and Florence to conduct INR testing on the i-STAT device to monitor the blood-clotting status of patient’s on anticoagulation. medication.
On-site pathology testing is allowing rural Australians to receive effective emergency medical treatment close to home, while saving millions in medical evacuations and other healthcare costs.
In a research study funded by the Emergency Medicine Foundation, a Flinders University research team assessed both the medical and cost benefits of using on-site pathology testing, or Point-of-Care-Testing (POCT), for acute medical care in six remote health clinics in the Northern Territory over six months. Read More