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Point-of-care technologies (POCTs) are important diagnostic aids in primary care, provided they are practicable and sensible to use. However, to date there has hardly been any exchange on the special features of the respective care setting. POCT-ambulant - one of six lead projects in the research campus - therefore aims to establish a research-development-practice dialog that leads to the needs-based development of POCTs in primary care.

The first two project-related publications in peer-reviewed journals are now available:

• Research on point-of-care tests in outpatient care in Germany: A scoping review and definition of relevant endpoints in evaluation studies. Matthes A, Bleidorn J, Markwart R.
  Zeitschrift für Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualität im Gesundheitswesen. 2022 Aug 30:S1865-9217(22)00118-0.
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zefq.2022.06.002

• “It Was Very Comforting to Find Out Right Away.” – Patient Perspectives on Point-of-Care Molecular SARS-CoV-2 Testing in Primary Care Matthes A, Wolf F, Bleidorn J, Markwart R.
  Patient Prefer Adherence. 2022 Aug 10;16:2031-2039. doi: 10.2147/PPA.S372366. eCollection 2022.
  https://doi.org/10.2147/PPA.S372366

POCT-ambulant - research-development-practice dialog of the InfectoGnostics Research Campus Jena for the needs-based development of PoC tests

With "POCT-ambulant", the research campus is developing a structured and systematic program to assess the patient benefit and clinical need for on-site testing procedures (so-called point-of-care procedures) in the private practice sector

As an accompanying clinical research project, an active, regional research-development-practice dialog is being established with GP practices. The Institute of General Practice at the UKJ is working together with a network of teaching and research practices from all over Thuringia. The aim is to incorporate experience from GP practices into research and development at an early stage.

POCT-ambulant is a campus-wide, interdisciplinary accompanying project
In "POCT-ambulant", InfectoGnostics researchers from the Institute of General Medicine at Jena University Hospital are developing a structured and systematic program to assess the patient benefit and clinical need for on-site testing procedures (so-called point-of-care procedures) in private practices.

The aim
In the project, POCT users (doctors in private practice, practice staff and patients) are specifically networked with developers and researchers. Experiences and needs from practice are thus incorporated into the research and development of POCTs at an early stage and at the same time practice staff learn about new on-site test procedures that can improve patient care at an early stage and on a scientifically sound basis.

Get involved!
There are numerous opportunities to get involved in the POCT-ambulant project for doctors
and medical assistants, patients, developers, researchers and representatives of the medical self-administration.