British Researchers Working on a Way to Use Cell Phones to Perform Pathology Tests for STDs

Nov 22, 2010 | Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology

Clinical laboratory-on-a-chip would cost under £1 and allow young people to test themselves for sexually-transmitted diseases Some wags call a new diagnostic testing concept the “pee in the cell phone” pathology lab test. The humor is directed at cell phone-based medical laboratory tests under development in the hopes that this confidential and private diagnostic test method will encourage more young people to undergo testing for sexually-transmitted diseases (STDs). Newspapers in the United...

Cleveland Clinic and Microsoft Team up to Use Point-of-Care Testing in EMR Network

Jul 29, 2009 | Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology, News From Dark Daily

New care delivery model might emerge from collaboration between two partners Guess which famous health provider is partnering with Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) to encourage patients using home self-testing devices to regularly upload those data into an electronic medical record? It’s the Cleveland Clinic Health System. This project may point to a disruptive new model for laboratory testing. It’s a pioneering arrangement. Microsoft’s HealthVault is interfaced with the eCleveland Clinic MyChart...
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