DSpace Collection: http://hdl.handle.net/2328/26280 2013-05-19T22:55:06Z How to set up and manage a point-of-care testing service http://hdl.handle.net/2328/26491 Title: How to set up and manage a point-of-care testing service Authors: Shephard, Mark Douglas Abstract: In this paper, various point-of-care testing (POCT) models for early detection and/or management of chronic diseases in rural Aboriginal communities are used to provide practical examples of how to set up and manage a viable and sustainable point-of-care testing (POCT) service, whether it be in a general medical practice (GP) clinic, Aboriginal health service, or hospital service or clinic. 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Point-of-care testing in the Indigenous rural community http://hdl.handle.net/2328/26490 Title: Point-of-care testing in the Indigenous rural community Authors: Shephard, Mark Douglas Abstract: This paper describes three health programs - the 'Umoona Kidney Project', the national 'QAAMS' Program for point-of-care HbA1c testing and the 'Point-of-Care in Aboriginal Hands' Program. The common feature these models share is the use of point-of-care technology for the early detection and/or management of chronic diseases (renal disease, diabetes and cardiovascular disease). The primary focus of each program has been the rural and remote Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service (ACCHS) sector, because these three chronic diseases account for a huge burden of morbidity and mortality in Aboriginal Australians. 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The national QAAMS Program - a practical example of PoCT working in the community http://hdl.handle.net/2328/26489 Title: The national QAAMS Program - a practical example of PoCT working in the community Authors: Shephard, Mark Douglas; Gill, Janice P Abstract: The Quality Assurance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Medical Services (QAAMS) Program is the largest and longest-standing national point-of-care testing (PoCT) program in Australia. With a focus on PoCT for diabetes management, it now operates in 115 Indigenous medical services and has been funded continuously by the Australian Government for 11 years. A recent independent evaluation of the QAAMS Program concluded the program continues to meet best practice standards for Indigenous healthcare, diabetes management and PoCT. 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The conduct of quality control and quality assurance testing for PoCT outside the laboratory http://hdl.handle.net/2328/26488 Title: The conduct of quality control and quality assurance testing for PoCT outside the laboratory Authors: Gill, Janice P; Shephard, Mark Douglas Abstract: Within pathology laboratories, quality assessment, internal quality control (QC) and external quality assurance (EQA) are integral components of a laboratory’s quality system. They are tools to ensure that the quality of results being produced by laboratory testing will not compromise the clinical care of the patient. This criterion applies equally when the testing environment changes from the laboratory to the point of care, and the large laboratory instrument becomes a smaller device. 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z