Back to: Linking to Care, Point of Care Testing (POCT). Aotearoa Edition
You have already sighted the public visible version of the Health Network Collective mobile application. It is how you registered for and gained access to this course. You should have also been tested as a part of the process of introduction to Health Network Collective. Generating a test request or having a test conducted initiates the step-by-step process and opportunity to partake of this course and, with completion and passing of this course, become part of the Health Network Collective testing community.
For those who install the mobile app for interest, education or accessing testing services, the user will have limited accessibility. Here’s examples of public and testers accessible content:
- Home page: Introducing Health Network Collective and what the apps designed for with basic menu for public access.
- About: An overview of Health Network Collective and activities
- LMS: Access to the Learning Management System
- RNA Sites: The public can access locations of locally accessibly sites for RNA PCR testing. As this is the definitive test for treatment it is simpler for wai ora who are willing.
- FAQ: Frequently asked questions with an option to change between HCV Specific FAQ and “Other Info” FAQ.
- Menu: This has a tiered access
- Tier one visibility will include Messaging and Personal Information. Accessible to persons who have had a positive test (automatically giving this access)
- Tier two visibility includes Tier one, and Calendars, Conduct HCV Test, and Equipment Order(s). Access on completion and passing of this course.
- Tier three visibility gives full access for supervisors, local and international managers. Including Statistics, Testers Details Locations and more.
- All pages, with the exception of Home page, have access to “Get Tested“
- This screen is accessible from all screens with the exception of the home screen. This is where new users or members of the general community can come to find availability, locations of testing sites. Alternatively, where persons have completed Health Network Collective training and become a part of local, regional or country initiatives, this page will generate a test request that will be either submitted to local supervisors or managers, or to local testers for an appointment for testing.
- This screen also has basic information with key messaging of not only testing conducted by Health Network Collective, also encouraging wai ora to seek RNA PCR testing where possible.
- The requestors information and data are stored for further actions with testing and to initiate issue of login in the case of a positive HCV POCT test, or progression to training where offered or available.
We will explore and discuss further screens available for testers in the following lessons as we learn the HCV POCT procedure. This will include API based actions that occur when a positive test result is entered, such as referrals for RNA PCR type testing for quantitative results to enable treatment.
