What is it about?
“direct-to-consumer testing” (DTCT) describes all kinds of laboratory testing performed without the inclusion of a laboratory professional. Direct to consumer testing (DTCT) It is thus performed in a gray zone between healthcare and consumers. The high volume of DTCT data as well as the ostensible feasibility of long-term data storage challenge medical professionals and consumers. No standards have been developed so far for the long-term storage of DTCT data.
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Why is it important?
Unlike tests used in traditional laboratory medicine, many DTCT tests lack medical usefulness.
Perspectives
This article describes the current concepts of DTCT and gives recommendations for the long-term data storage of DTCT data depending on the purpose of DTCT, the volume of data obtained and the possible medical implications of the test results.
DR Matthias Orth
Heidelberg university medical faculty of Mannheim
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This page is a summary of: Long-term medical data storage: challenges with test results obtained by direct-to-consumer testing, LaboratoriumsMedizin, December 2018, De Gruyter,
DOI: 10.1515/labmed-2018-0067.
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