Citizens can now order their own laboratory investigations. Self-testing is in line with increasing patient empowerment and in conflict with existing routines in medicine where all tests are ordered by the physician. Several challenges have to be faced by laboratory medicine to secure the quality and increase the medical benefits of patient-initiated diagnostics.
Egenordinerad provtagning är en del av en historisk utveckling mot mer egenvård.
Frågor om etik, medicin och ekonomi måste diskuteras grundligt.
Nya processer och redskap måste utvecklas.
Laboratoriemedicinen kommer att få en ny roll.