NB The following conclusion was developed exclusively for the Chief Executive Officer of the AP-HP, the public hospital network of Paris area, for his use as an aid in the decision making process. In any other context, it should be considered nothing more than an element of information.
The CEDIT thinks that the advent of systems which make it possible to carry out laboratory medicine tests at the patient's bedside is a step forward in patient care. However, the clinical, organisational and juridical implications of these systems must be clarified and their provision organised.