There has been much talk about innovations in mobile health technologies among the international aid community in recent years. But now there’s a new kid on the block.
Point of care is a term that will inevitably be added to the lexicon of the most tech-savvy development professionals in the course of 2015, with a number of industry experts marking POC devices out as something we’ll all soon be talking about as an emerging trend.
So what is POC all about? It's about the convenience of not having to refer a patient to another facility to get a test, according to Dr. Alain Labrique of the Johns Hopkins University’s global mHealth initiative.
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Erin McGuire
Erin McGuire is a multimedia journalist whose work has been published in The Irish Times. Erin has degrees in psychology, law and journalism. She has worked as a judicial law clerk and as associate counsel at the Board of Veterans' Appeals, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Washington, D.C. She lives in Dublin, Ireland.
