Department of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States of America.
Manning School of Business, UMass Lowell, Lowell, MA, United States of America.
PLoS One. 2024 Mar 8;19(3):e0299516. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0299516. eCollection 2024.
Point-of-care technology (POCT) plays a vital role in modern healthcare by providing a fast diagnosis, improving patient management, and extending healthcare access to remote and resource-limited areas. The objective of this study was to understand how healthcare professionals in the United States perceived POCTs during 2019-2021 to assess the decision-making process of implementing these newer technologies into everyday practice. A 5-point Likert scale survey was sent to respondents to evaluate their perceptions of benefits, concerns, characteristics, and development of point-of-care technologies. The 2021 survey was distributed November 1st, 2021- February 15th, 2022, with a total of 168 independent survey responses received. Of the respondents, 59% identified as male, 73% were white, and 48% have been in practice for over 20 years. The results showed that most agreed that POCTs improve patient management (94%) and improve clinician confidence in decision making (92%). Healthcare professionals were most concerned with potentially not being reimbursed for the cost of the POCT (37%). When asked to rank the top 3 important characteristics of POCT, respondents chose accuracy, ease of use, and availability. It is important to note this survey was conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic. To achieve an even greater representation of healthcare professionals' point of view on POCTs, further work to obtain responses from a larger, more diverse population of providers is needed.
即时检测技术（POCT）在现代医疗保健中发挥着至关重要的作用，它可以提供快速诊断，改善患者管理，并将医疗保健服务扩展到偏远和资源有限的地区。本研究的目的是了解美国的医疗保健专业人员在 2019-2021 年期间如何看待 POCT，以评估将这些新技术纳入日常实践的决策过程。我们向调查对象发送了一份 5 点李克特量表的调查，以评估他们对 POCT 的益处、关注点、特点和发展的看法。2021 年的调查于 2021 年 11 月 1 日至 2022 年 2 月 15 日分发，共收到 168 份独立的调查回复。在调查对象中，59%为男性，73%为白人，48%的人从业时间超过 20 年。结果表明，大多数人认为 POCT 改善了患者管理（94%），并提高了临床医生决策的信心（92%）。医疗保健专业人员最担心的是可能无法获得 POCT 成本的报销（37%）。当被要求对 POCT 的前 3 个重要特点进行排名时，调查对象选择了准确性、易用性和可用性。需要注意的是，这项调查是在 COVID-19 大流行期间进行的。为了更全面地了解医疗保健专业人员对 POCT 的看法，需要进一步努力从更多、更多样化的医疗服务提供者中获取回复。
