Journal of Korean medical science
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J. Korean Med. Sci. · Nov 2022
Production and Provision of Context-Based Patient-Specific Educational Resources.
Patient education is generally accompanied by instructive materials. The Korean government has recommended the provision of patient-specific educational materials (PEMs) via an electronic medical record (EMR) certification system. However, there are currently no clear standards or guidelines for including PEMs in current domestic educational materials. We investigated the benefits of integrating PEMs with the EMR certification system and the methods by which this integration can be achieved. ⋯ In this study, we investigated the prerequisites, contents, methods, and fees related to the provision of effective and efficient PEMs. The study findings can facilitate the production and provision of PEMs.
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J. Korean Med. Sci. · Nov 2022
Real-World Accuracy of a SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Diagnostic Tests in the Republic of Korea.
Antigen rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) became the most important tool for the diagnosis of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), however there have been very few evaluations of the accuracy of the RDTs in actual use. In this study, we investigated the performance accuracy of the RDT, the STANDARD Q COVID-19 Ag (STANDARD Q), in the Republic of Korea. ⋯ With binomial logistic regression analysis, we estimated that about half of the COVID-19 patients with a cycle threshold value of 25 for E and RdRP were RDT-negative. These results suggest that the clinical sensitivity of RDTs against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 is considerably low in a real-world setting, and we recommend that limitations of RDTs should be considered when setting up COVID-19 test strategies.