First U.S. Company Announces an Upcoming Home COVID-19 Test | Time - 0 views
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Food and Drug Administration allowed certified labs, including commercial lab testing companies, to develop and distribute COVID-19 tests on Feb. 29.
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People can order the Everlywell COVID-19 test on the company’s website, after first answering questions about their basic health, symptoms and risk factors for the coronavirus disease. A doctor still needs to prescribe the test, so telemedicine doctors from PWNHealth, a national network of physicians who prescribe diagnostic tests, then reviews these answers to determine if a person qualifies for testing, based on criteria established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Currently, because COVID-19 tests are not plentiful in the U.S., doctors are trying to rule out other respiratory diseases like flu first, and only ordering tests for people with symptoms who also have other risk factors for infection, such as being in close contact with others who have been diagnosed.
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DeAunne Denmark, M.D. Phd - I was just reading about this last night. Dr forum blowing up about it. It could be a gigantic win for EverlyWell (and at-home D-T-C Direct-to-Consumer) if they do it right. But *must* do it right, e.g. including transparency re: methods, interfacing with HCP/EMRs, etc. The big issue may be collection variability, not unlike the microbiome. Nasal swab not trivial, more talk now about collection variability possibly accounting for a large proportion of "negs" turning positive. Hate to see a lot of false confidence running around at large infecting others.