Potential Use Cases

Offices utilize Brevitest’s rapid results in numerous ways depending on their location, work-flow, staffing, budgets, state and local funding, and policies. Uses Include…

“Rule Out” drug overdose to avoid an autopsy

“Confirm” a drug overdose to avoid an autopsy

“Confirm” heart failure to avoid an autopsy

Both “Rule Out” drug overdose

And “Confirm” Heart Failure to avoid an autopsy

The Economic and Operational Impact of Brevitest at the New Hope Coroner’s Office: An Example Case Study on the Benefits of Brevitest

In the town of New Hope, the coroner’s office faced increasing pathology costs and turnaround times. With overdoses on the rise and ever-increasing budgetary pressures further compounding the problem, the coroner’s office turned to Brevitest as a potential solution.

New Hope had two goals for Brevitest: the first was to use its rapid tox screen to confirm suspected overdoses and eliminate the need for full autopsies. The second was to use the Brevitest’s novel cardiac troponin test to determine if heart failure was a likely cause of death in cases with no preexisting heart conditions or history of drug use.

The portability of the device gave the team the flexibility to run tests at the office or in the field, depending on the logistics of the case and staff availability. Receiving test results in real-time via PDF through Brevitest’s app-enabled the team to communicate & document results quickly and efficiently, further reducing workload.

The table (below) illustrates the savings realized over the first six months of use:

*Our Business Model

We provide customers with hardware, setup, and training at no cost. We make money by selling tests; this approach aligns your interests with ours because we only make money if you save money. Our price per test is based on the volume of tests you run each month. It ranges from $175 per test on the high end, down to $99 per test for offices that run 12+ tests per month

Notable Metrics

Brevitest can have a measurable impact on your office’s operation and efficiency.

With no hardware costs. Avoiding 1 autopsy can pay for 25+ tests

1 = 25+  

(autopsy) (test kits)

In the US in 2021 there were:

106,699 total overdoses; 80,411 involved fentanyl, 32,537 involved meth, 24,486 involved cocaine² 

Sadly only increasing in 2024

Rule on the cause of death and close a case in less than 24hrs

                           

   <24hr  

Cardiac death accounts for 90% of sudden deaths worldwide¹                      

    90%  

  1. Sessa F, Esposito M, Messina G, Di Mizio G, Di Nunno N, Salerno M. Sudden Death in Adults: A Practical Flow Chart for Pathologist Guidance. Healthcare (Basel). 2021 Jul 9;9(7):870. doi: 10.3390/healthcare9070870. PMID: 34356248; PMCID: PMC8307931.
  2. Drug overdose death rates | National Institute on Drug Abuse. (2023, September 25). National Institute on Drug Abuse. https://nida.nih.gov/research-topics/trends-statistics/overdose-death-rates