HIT Consultant July 19, 2024
Most of us have been tested for COVID-19 over the past few years. If that’s true of you, you know the routine: you go to a testing site, give your sample, a medical professional sends it to a laboratory, and you receive your results in a day or two. If this sounds familiar, you’ve benefited from PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) testing.
PCR is well known for its accuracy. It has limitations, however: it’s costly, time-consuming, and requires samples to be sent to central laboratories. These are drawbacks for providers who want to provide quick, inexpensive diagnoses at the point of care (POC).
Researchers are currently working on ways to resolve these issues while preserving PCR’s accuracy, and while they...
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