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Bringing Data Analytics to the Design of Optimized Diagnostic Networks in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Process, Terms and Definitions
Diagnostics services are an essential component of healthcare systems, advancing universal health coverage and ensuring global health security, but are often unavailable or under-resourced in low- and middle-income (LMIC) countries. Typically, diagnostics are delivered at various tiers of the labora...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7823670/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33374315 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11010022 |
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author | Nichols, Kameko Girdwood, Sarah J. Inglis, Andrew Ondoa, Pascale Sy, Karla Therese L. Benade, Mariet Tusiime, Aloysius Bingi Kao, Kekeletso Carmona, Sergio Albert, Heidi Nichols, Brooke E. |
author_facet | Nichols, Kameko Girdwood, Sarah J. Inglis, Andrew Ondoa, Pascale Sy, Karla Therese L. Benade, Mariet Tusiime, Aloysius Bingi Kao, Kekeletso Carmona, Sergio Albert, Heidi Nichols, Brooke E. |
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description | Diagnostics services are an essential component of healthcare systems, advancing universal health coverage and ensuring global health security, but are often unavailable or under-resourced in low- and middle-income (LMIC) countries. Typically, diagnostics are delivered at various tiers of the laboratory network based on population needs, and resource and infrastructure constraints. A diagnostic network additionally incorporates screening and includes point-of-care testing that may occur outside of a laboratory in the community and clinic settings; it also emphasizes the importance of supportive network elements, including specimen referral systems, as being critical for the functioning of the diagnostic network. To date, design and planning of diagnostic networks in LMICs has largely been driven by infectious diseases such as TB and HIV, relying on manual methods and expert consensus, with a limited application of data analytics. Recently, there have been efforts to improve diagnostic network planning, including diagnostic network optimization (DNO). The DNO process involves the collection, mapping, and spatial analysis of baseline data; selection and development of scenarios to model and optimize; and lastly, implementing changes and measuring impact. This review outlines the goals of DNO and steps in the process, and provides clarity on commonly used terms. |
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spelling | pubmed-78236702021-01-24 Bringing Data Analytics to the Design of Optimized Diagnostic Networks in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Process, Terms and Definitions Nichols, Kameko Girdwood, Sarah J. Inglis, Andrew Ondoa, Pascale Sy, Karla Therese L. Benade, Mariet Tusiime, Aloysius Bingi Kao, Kekeletso Carmona, Sergio Albert, Heidi Nichols, Brooke E. Diagnostics (Basel) Review Diagnostics services are an essential component of healthcare systems, advancing universal health coverage and ensuring global health security, but are often unavailable or under-resourced in low- and middle-income (LMIC) countries. Typically, diagnostics are delivered at various tiers of the laboratory network based on population needs, and resource and infrastructure constraints. A diagnostic network additionally incorporates screening and includes point-of-care testing that may occur outside of a laboratory in the community and clinic settings; it also emphasizes the importance of supportive network elements, including specimen referral systems, as being critical for the functioning of the diagnostic network. To date, design and planning of diagnostic networks in LMICs has largely been driven by infectious diseases such as TB and HIV, relying on manual methods and expert consensus, with a limited application of data analytics. Recently, there have been efforts to improve diagnostic network planning, including diagnostic network optimization (DNO). The DNO process involves the collection, mapping, and spatial analysis of baseline data; selection and development of scenarios to model and optimize; and lastly, implementing changes and measuring impact. This review outlines the goals of DNO and steps in the process, and provides clarity on commonly used terms. MDPI 2020-12-24 /pmc/articles/PMC7823670/ /pubmed/33374315 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11010022 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Nichols, Kameko Girdwood, Sarah J. Inglis, Andrew Ondoa, Pascale Sy, Karla Therese L. Benade, Mariet Tusiime, Aloysius Bingi Kao, Kekeletso Carmona, Sergio Albert, Heidi Nichols, Brooke E. Bringing Data Analytics to the Design of Optimized Diagnostic Networks in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Process, Terms and Definitions |
title | Bringing Data Analytics to the Design of Optimized Diagnostic Networks in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Process, Terms and Definitions |
title_full | Bringing Data Analytics to the Design of Optimized Diagnostic Networks in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Process, Terms and Definitions |
title_fullStr | Bringing Data Analytics to the Design of Optimized Diagnostic Networks in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Process, Terms and Definitions |
title_full_unstemmed | Bringing Data Analytics to the Design of Optimized Diagnostic Networks in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Process, Terms and Definitions |
title_short | Bringing Data Analytics to the Design of Optimized Diagnostic Networks in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Process, Terms and Definitions |
title_sort | bringing data analytics to the design of optimized diagnostic networks in low- and middle-income countries: process, terms and definitions |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7823670/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33374315 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11010022 |
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