Point-of-Care Endocrine Diagnostics

Publication date: September 2017
Source:Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America, Volume 46, Issue 3
Author(s): Joel Ehrenkranz

Teaser

Endocrinology relies on hormone and metabolite measurement for public health screening, diagnostics, and disease management. Advances in microfluidics, immunoassay technology, electronics, and software are moving in vitro endocrine diagnostics from the laboratory to the point of care. Point-of-care endocrine diagnostics provide results clinically equivalent to those produced by expensive laboratory instrumentation for a fraction of the cost and with a substantially more rapid turnaround time. Similar to the transformation of mainframe computers into laptops, tablets, and smartphones, clinical laboratories are evolving into point-of-care technologies.


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