National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering Point-of-Care Technology Research Network: Advancing Precision Medicine

Penny Ford Carleton; Steven Schachter; John A Parrish; John M Collins; J Benjamin Crocker; Ronald F Dixon; Susan Edgman-Levitan; Kent B Lewandrowski; James E Stahl; Catherine Klapperich; Mario Cabodi; Charlotte A Gaydos; Anne M Rompalo; Yukari Manabe; Tza-Huei Wang; Richard Rothman; Chris D Geddes; Lea Widdice; Joany Jackman; Rishi A Mathura; Tiffani Bailey Lash

doi:10.1109/JTEHM.2016.2598837

National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering Point-of-Care Technology Research Network: Advancing Precision Medicine

IEEE J Transl Eng Health Med. 2016 Aug 16:4:2800614. doi: 10.1109/JTEHM.2016.2598837. eCollection 2016.

Authors

Penny Ford Carleton¹, Steven Schachter², John A Parrish², John M Collins¹, J Benjamin Crocker³, Ronald F Dixon³, Susan Edgman-Levitan³, Kent B Lewandrowski³, James E Stahl⁴, Catherine Klapperich⁵, Mario Cabodi⁵, Charlotte A Gaydos⁶, Anne M Rompalo⁶, Yukari Manabe⁶, Tza-Huei Wang⁶, Richard Rothman⁶, Chris D Geddes⁷, Lea Widdice⁸, Joany Jackman⁶, Rishi A Mathura⁹, Tiffani Bailey Lash⁹

Affiliations

¹ Consortium for Improving Medicine with Innovation & TechnologyBostonMA02114USA; CIMIT Point of Care Technology Research Center in Primary Care.
² Consortium for Improving Medicine with Innovation & TechnologyBostonMA02114USA; CIMIT Point of Care Technology Research Center in Primary Care; Harvard Medical SchoolBostonMA02115USA.
³ CIMIT Point of Care Technology Research Center in Primary Care; Harvard Medical SchoolBostonMA02115USA; Massachusetts General HospitalBostonMA02114USA.
⁴ CIMIT Point of Care Technology Research Center in Primary Care; Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.
⁵ Department of Biomedical EngineeringBoston UniversityBostonMA02215USA; BU Center for Future Technologies in Cancer Care.
⁶ Johns Hopkins University; JHU Center for Excellence for the Development and Testing of Point of Care Tests for Sexually Transmitted Diseases.
⁷ University of MarylandCollege ParkMD20742USA; JHU Center for Excellence for the Development and Testing of Point of Care Tests for Sexually Transmitted Diseases.
⁸ Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical CenterCincinnatiOH45229USA; JHU Center for Excellence for the Development and Testing of Point of Care Tests for Sexually Transmitted Diseases.
⁹ National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health Bethesda MD 20892 USA.

Abstract

To advance the development of point-of-care technology (POCT), the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering established the POCT Research Network (POCTRN), comprised of Centers that emphasize multidisciplinary partnerships and close facilitation to move technologies from an early stage of development into clinical testing and patient use. This paper describes the POCTRN and the three currently funded Centers as examples of academic-based organizations that support collaborations across disciplines, institutions, and geographic regions to successfully drive innovative solutions from concept to patient care.

Keywords: Point of care technologies; policy.

Grants and funding

U54 EB015408/EB/NIBIB NIH HHS/United States