How about the lab coming home?
At the latest since the Corona Pandemic, the topic of "self-test" and "rapid testing" has finally reached the broad masses of the population. While it used to be more of an issue for chronic patients such as diabetics or occasional testing for a specific indication (e.g. pregnancy test), we are now seeing trends that clearly indicate that determining your own body values, disease parameters or prevention markers is no longer just a matter for the doctor but is increasingly carried out on one's own initiative. You do not have to first develop symptoms that make testing mandatory, but especially in the area of lifestyle, fitness or the early detection of markers that require closer monitoring, a low-threshold and convenient test option at home can be a useful supplement to going to the doctor .
Factors such as self-determination of the time and place for a test also play an important role. After all, who can afford to have a doctor's appointment at 10:15 a.m. during the day, travel 10 km for it, be asked to take a sample after a 30-minute wait and then discuss the result days later at a second appointment?
Smart Home Lab could be a possibility that allows users to determine certain parameters themselves, even quantitatively, in a very simple way. The results obtained can be easily shared and discussed with the doctor via telemedicine. Without appointment stress comfortably from home.
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