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ajlm-176	Driessen, Julia; Limula, Henry; Gadabu, Oliver J.; Gamadzi, Gervase; Chitandale, Edwin; Ben-Smith, Anne; Alide, Noor; Douglas, Gerald P.	Informatics solutions for bridging the gap between clinical and laboratory services in a low-resource setting	2015		.htm	text/html	5337	273	45	Whilst this often includes laboratory test results, electronic medical records functionality does not extend into the laboratory. The serious public health threat of drug-resistant tuberculosis also requires laboratory testing for drug sensitivity.2 Whilst rapid diagnostic tests are available for malaria and are in use in many health facilities, many countries still consider microscopy performed in the laboratory as the gold standard because it detects a wider array of species.3 If laboratory tests are not available or used, there is a substantial risk of inappropriate treatment, which harms the patient, wastes already limited resources and contributes to increased drug resistance.4,5 Despite the need for laboratory testing in addressing the infectious disease burden, many laboratories are ill-equipped to play a central role in the diagnostic and care delivery process in resource-constrained countries.6 As a result of poor laboratory services and staffing, there is a diagnostic culture amongst physicians of circumventing laboratory testing and using other, less reliable signals to diagnose diseases such as malaria, or treating for malaria despite a negative laboratory result.7,8,9,10	cache/ajlm-176.htm	txt/ajlm-176.txt