Point-of-care testing; systems re-engineering of healthcare provision to reduce errors, and improve outcomes
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Up until the late twentieth century, there was a trend in healthcare provision for care away from the home and into a range of increasingly complex facilities including local health centers – at the community level including doctors offices and community hospitals (primary care), to local hospitals providing a limited range of services, e.g. emergency care (secondary care), through to specialist hospitals (tertiary care).
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