Connectivity: the key to point-of-care testing
St John, A.; Jones, R.
Medical Device Technology 11(6): 25-27
2000
ISSN/ISBN: 1048-6690 PMID: 15326790 Document Number: 518586
For the point-of-care testing market to grow successfully the advances in whole blood sensing technology must be accompanied by improvements in information technology to link the analytical devices to data management systems. A common connectivity standard for all instruments is being developed to replace the myriad of proprietary and incompatible solutions that currently exist.
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