Point-of-care testing across rural and remote emergency Departments in Australia: Staff perceptions of operational impact

Maria R. Dahm; Euan McCaughey; Ling Li; Johanna Westbrook; Virginia Mumford; Juliana Iles-Mann; Andrew Sargeant; Andrew Georgiou

doi:10.3233/978-1-61499-783-2-28

Point-of-care testing across rural and remote emergency Departments in Australia: Staff perceptions of operational impact

Maria R. Dahm^*, Euan McCaughey, Ling Li, Johanna Westbrook, Virginia Mumford, Juliana Iles-Mann, Andrew Sargeant, Andrew Georgiou

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New South Wales (NSW) Health Pathology is implementing one of the world's largest managed PoCT services across rural and remote Emergency Departments (EDs) in New South Wales, Australia to improve patient access to care. The aim of this qualitative study was to gain a context-rich understanding of the operational impact of the NSW rollout of PoCT across rural and remote ED settings as experienced by frontline clinical staff. Clinical professionals (n=14) participated in interviews and focus groups in August 2015 at four rural and remote NSW EDs. Participants perceived that PoCT provided greater access to pathology thus facilitating more efficient and effective patient care via faster test turnaround and time to treatment and more effective decisions about the need to transfer patients to appropriate sites when required. These factors have a potentially important role in saving lives. Staff also identified innovative and disruptive challenges to clinical work patterns associated with PoCT implementation, particularly in relation to work flows, resource allocation and the governance arrangements.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Integrating and Connecting Care - Selected Papers from the 25th Australian National Health Informatics Conference, HIC 2017
Editors	Louise K. Schaper, Sue Whetton, Angela Ryan
Publisher	IOS Press
Pages	28-34
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	9781614997825
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-783-2-28
Publication status	Published - 2017
Externally published	Yes
Event	25th Australian National Health Informatics Conference, HIC 2017 - Brisbane, Australia Duration: 6 Aug 2017 → 9 Aug 2017

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Name	Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
Volume	239
ISSN (Print)	0926-9630
ISSN (Electronic)	1879-8365

Conference

Conference	25th Australian National Health Informatics Conference, HIC 2017
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Brisbane
Period	6/08/17 → 9/08/17

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Dahm, M. R., McCaughey, E., Li, L., Westbrook, J., Mumford, V., Iles-Mann, J., Sargeant, A., & Georgiou, A. (2017). Point-of-care testing across rural and remote emergency Departments in Australia: Staff perceptions of operational impact. In L. K. Schaper, S. Whetton, & A. Ryan (Eds.), Integrating and Connecting Care - Selected Papers from the 25th Australian National Health Informatics Conference, HIC 2017 (pp. 28-34). (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics; Vol. 239). IOS Press. https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-783-2-28

Dahm, Maria R. ; McCaughey, Euan ; Li, Ling et al. / Point-of-care testing across rural and remote emergency Departments in Australia : Staff perceptions of operational impact. Integrating and Connecting Care - Selected Papers from the 25th Australian National Health Informatics Conference, HIC 2017. editor / Louise K. Schaper ; Sue Whetton ; Angela Ryan. IOS Press, 2017. pp. 28-34 (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics).

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Dahm, MR, McCaughey, E, Li, L, Westbrook, J, Mumford, V, Iles-Mann, J, Sargeant, A & Georgiou, A 2017, Point-of-care testing across rural and remote emergency Departments in Australia: Staff perceptions of operational impact. in LK Schaper, S Whetton & A Ryan (eds), Integrating and Connecting Care - Selected Papers from the 25th Australian National Health Informatics Conference, HIC 2017. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, vol. 239, IOS Press, pp. 28-34, 25th Australian National Health Informatics Conference, HIC 2017, Brisbane, Australia, 6/08/17. https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-783-2-28

Point-of-care testing across rural and remote emergency Departments in Australia: Staff perceptions of operational impact. / Dahm, Maria R.; McCaughey, Euan; Li, Ling et al.
Integrating and Connecting Care - Selected Papers from the 25th Australian National Health Informatics Conference, HIC 2017. ed. / Louise K. Schaper; Sue Whetton; Angela Ryan. IOS Press, 2017. p. 28-34 (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics; Vol. 239).

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Dahm MR, McCaughey E, Li L, Westbrook J, Mumford V, Iles-Mann J et al. Point-of-care testing across rural and remote emergency Departments in Australia: Staff perceptions of operational impact. In Schaper LK, Whetton S, Ryan A, editors, Integrating and Connecting Care - Selected Papers from the 25th Australian National Health Informatics Conference, HIC 2017. IOS Press. 2017. p. 28-34. (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics). doi: 10.3233/978-1-61499-783-2-28

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