Implementation and evaluation of a rural general practice assessment pathway for possible cardiac chest pain using point-of-care troponin testing: a pilot study

• Gerard Devlin,
• Martin Than,
• Chris Frampton,
• Peter George,
• John Pickering,
• Joanna Young,
• Stephen Du Toit,
• Tim Norman,
• Jo Scott Jones,
• Gishani Egan,
• Fraser Hamilton,
• Rory Miller

Affiliations

Gerard Devlin

cardiologist, associate professor

Martin Than

Emergency Department, Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Chris Frampton

2 Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch School of Medicine, Christchurch, New Zealand

Peter George

Department of Surgery, Connaught Hospital, Freetown, Sierra Leone

John Pickering

2 Department of Medicine, University of Otago Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand

Joanna Young

5 Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand

Stephen Du Toit

Department of Biochemistry, Waikato District Health Board, Hamilton, New Zealand

Tim Norman

Project Office, Pinnacle Midlands Health Network, Hamilton, New Zealand

Jo Scott Jones

Project Office, Pinnacle Midlands Health Network, Hamilton, New Zealand

Gishani Egan

Project Office, Pinnacle Midlands Health Network, Hamilton, New Zealand

Fraser Hamilton

Project Office, Pinnacle Midlands Health Network, Hamilton, New Zealand

Rory Miller

Project Office, Pinnacle Midlands Health Network, Hamilton, New Zealand