The machine measures it
Is my blood pressure high?
Blood pressure is a point-of-care vital, taken at the machine and printed on the report with the
rest of the vitals. It is a reading of this moment, in this chair.
Accuracy is generally 90–95% under ideal conditions and correct protocols,
and depends on usage, calibration, environment, patient preparation and operating procedure.
A doctor answers this one
Do I have diabetes?
The screening can measure blood glucose and HbA1c where the configuration includes them,
and a result outside the usual band is exactly the prompt this machine exists to produce.
It is not a confirmatory diagnosis. The results are intended for screening;
a doctor uses clinical judgement and requests confirmatory investigations where required.
Flagged here, confirmed in a lab
Am I anaemic?
Haemoglobin is measured where the configuration includes it, and a low reading is worth acting on
the same week rather than the same year.
Point-of-care assessments are not intended to be directly compared with
conventional laboratory tests. Confirmatory laboratory testing may be advised when clinically
required.
This needs a laboratory
How are my liver and kidneys?
LFT, KFT, CBC and the rest are not part of the standard preventive-screening solution. They may be
supported through compatible external diagnostic equipment as part of a customised clinical setup.
Tests involving venous blood collection require appropriate clinical
infrastructure and qualified medical or laboratory personnel. If a vendor tells you the kiosk does
your full blood panel by itself, ask which equipment and whose phlebotomist.
A doctor answers this one
Is my ECG normal?
The trace is captured and printed. Reading it is a clinical act, and the platform's answer to that
is telemedicine: where the deployment enables it, the person can connect to a doctor from the same
spot.
Whose doctors those are is a deployment decision - Clinics On Cloud can
facilitate access, or you integrate your own panel. Settle it before the first screening, not
after.
The record answers it
Have I changed since last time?
This is the question a single printout cannot answer and a digital health record can. The platform
keeps records rather than sheets, so the second visit turns a number into a direction.
Only if the deployment is set up for it: the same person, identified the same
way, each time. Decide at the start how people are identified, or you will have a thousand first
visits and no second ones.