Safety, Efficiency, and Cost Conflicts in Emergency Department Point of Care Troponin Testing
POCT-Tn test characteristics may place patients at risk for missed ACS. A combined approach using education and EHR adaptations decreased use of indiscriminate POCT-Tn tests, decreased health care costs, and resulted in clinically appropriate changes in disposition times for this large cohort of ED patients.
Authors
- Maria E. Aguero‐Rosenfeld (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1994-367X)
- Neldis Sanchez
- Jordan Swartz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6482-9545)
- Yelan Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6554-2654)
- Zoe Grabinski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6397-0069)
- Aya Itani
- Rajneesh Gulati
- Silas W. Smith
- Ian Wittman
Institutions
- Taipei Municipal Jen-Ai Hospital (TW)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Quality Management in Health Care
- Published
- 2025-05-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/qmh.0000000000000502
- Primary Topic
- Acute Myocardial Infarction Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00