POCT in a Lab Setting Point-of-Care Kiosk in the ED ED Cardiac Length of Stay 351 297 388 367 0 100 200 300 400 500 Admitted patients Discharged patients Minutes Before POCT After POCT Lewandrowski K. Mass General Hosp., Dark Report, 8/13/01.
What is a GPS? How does it work? The Global Positioning System (GPS) tells you where you are on Earth. Itâs eleven oâclock ... do you know where your kids are? Would you like to? One way to track them would be to have a GPS receiver installed in the car! The GPS, or Global Positioning System, is one of the hottest technologies around, and no wonder. Consider these diverse uses: Minnesota scientists use GPS to study movements and feeding habits of deer.
With the help of A-GPS, the GPS (Global Positioning System) technology has been brought to your cell phones too. Let us understand what it is and how it works. A-GPS is an acronym for Assisted Global Positioning System. It addresses signal and network problems by using assistance from other services. Such technology in your cell phone can help you in various ways like tracking your current location, receiving turn-by-turn direction instructions, location based tracking, etc. The working of a GPS and an AGPS is similar apart from this minor detail. Let us first understand how GPS signals are received and monitored.