point of care
noun
variants
or less commonly point-of-care
plural points of care also points-of-care
: a site where medical care is received
Antigen testing … is cheaper and faster than standard testing, and it can happen at points of care—long-term-care facilities, prisons, schools, and doctors' offices.—
Whet Moser
Whet Moser… truly universal [health insurance] systems offer healthcare free (or nearly free) at the point of care.—A. W. Gaffney
A. W. Gaffney… this ongoing trend is also changing the way that patient testing is viewed—and especially the way that healthcare providers view testing performed at the point-of-care …—Kim Futrell
—often used especially in hyphenated form before another nounKim Futrellpoint-of-care testing
Shifts toward point-of-care coronavirus tests, which are fast and simple enough to perform without the need for specialized equipment, could ease some of the burden on laboratories.—Katherine J. Wu
Katherine J. Wu… patients with prolonged out-of-hospital times may benefit most from point-of-care thrombolysis.—Laurie J. Morrison et al.
Laurie J. Morrison et al.Examples of point of care in a Sentence
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Either that, or automatically ordered at the point of care by the pathologist on the biopsy.
—Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2024
Within Diagnostics, a small miss in molecular was more than offset by strong results in core laboratory, point of care and rapid diagnostics.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 18 July 2024
Legal reform was followed by outreach teams, homeless centers for drug users, low-threshold methadone programs, and walk-in points of care.
—Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 July 2024
Norton Healthcare becomes the third-largest employer in the Louisville area with five hospitals around the Jefferson County area, a multitude of immediate care centers and other points of care.
—Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 4 Apr. 2024
Enzyme immunoassays, however, can be performed as a point of care test with results available in 15 minutes to an hour.
—Tanya Feke, Verywell Health, 4 Apr. 2024
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Health care providers and patients understand the substantial benefits of having precise and tailored health information readily available at the point of care.
—John C. (jack) Lewin and Jane Delgado, STAT, 18 Jan. 2024
Microfluidic technologies have been used in many applications including DNA chips, point of care diagnostics, and inkjet printing.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Mar. 2021
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Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2024
Within Diagnostics, a small miss in molecular was more than offset by strong results in core laboratory, point of care and rapid diagnostics.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 18 July 2024
Legal reform was followed by outreach teams, homeless centers for drug users, low-threshold methadone programs, and walk-in points of care.
—Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 July 2024
Norton Healthcare becomes the third-largest employer in the Louisville area with five hospitals around the Jefferson County area, a multitude of immediate care centers and other points of care.
—Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 4 Apr. 2024
Enzyme immunoassays, however, can be performed as a point of care test with results available in 15 minutes to an hour.
—Tanya Feke, Verywell Health, 4 Apr. 2024
Newsletters Sign up for First Opinion The smartest thinkers in life sciences on what's happening — and what's to come
Health care providers and patients understand the substantial benefits of having precise and tailored health information readily available at the point of care.
—John C. (jack) Lewin and Jane Delgado, STAT, 18 Jan. 2024
Microfluidic technologies have been used in many applications including DNA chips, point of care diagnostics, and inkjet printing.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Mar. 2021
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“Point of care.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/point%20of%20care. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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point of care
noun
variants
also point-of-care
plural points of care also points-of-care
: a site where medical care is received
tests for use at the point of care
Antigen testing … is cheaper and faster than standard testing, and it can happen at points of care—long-term-care facilities, prisons, schools, and doctors' offices.—Whet Moser, The Atlantic
—often used before another noun
Whet Moser, The AtlanticQuidel's rapid immunodiagnostics are used in the point-of-care detection of human medical conditions and illness.—Medical Industry Today
Medical Industry TodayThe key objective of point of care testing is to generate a result quickly so that appropriate treatment can be implemented …—Christopher P. Price, British Medical Journal
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