• Enhanced diagnostic ability
• Improved treatment
• Enhanced patient satisfaction
• Reduced costs

This simple, quick, accurate test is done at the point of care and makes the correct diagnosis possible. Studies have shown that influenza is commonly misdiagnosed on the basis of clinical judgement alone by even the best of physicians. Inappropriate treatment with antibiotics usually follows the misdiagnosis of influenza as a bacterial infection. During the peak of flu season, however, influenza is often overdiagnosed - leading to the delayed treatment of potentially serious illnesses. The influenza syndrome is less specific than most think, and a diagnostic tool such as ZstatFlu is necessary to make a definitive diagnosis.

When influenza is definitively diagnosed, antibiotics are almost always unnecessary, and their associated costs, side effects and long-term over-usage issues are eliminated. Symptomatic treatment can be dispensed and antivirals prescribed when appropriate. The signs and symptoms of potential complications that may require a revisit, particularly in your high-risk patients, can be discussed.

Patient anxiety is reduced by knowing for certain what is wrong and what to expect over the course of the illness.

If the physician is at risk monetarily for the patient's care (capitated), ZstatFlu lowers the cost of care by making use of office staff without physician time involvement. ZstatFlu testing and patient protocol use increase the physician's efficiency index. Use of ZstatFlu reduces lab, X-ray and pharmacy costs, as well as time-consuming revisits. In partial capitation plans, influenza testing facilitates the release of any monetary withholds. In the fee-for-service environment, ZstatFlu testing increases revenue by enhancing the quality of healthcare delivery and decreasing costs - the overriding goal of all healthcare professionals.