ReviewCureus2024
The Role of Point-of-Care Testing to Improve Acute Care and Health Care Services.
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Who cites it
17 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Interventions to reduce emergency department overcrowding and their effects on patient outcomes: a mixed-methods systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC emergency medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Analytical Evaluation of a Point-of-Care Platform for Glycated Hemoglobin and N-Terminal Pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Testing in Cardiometabolic Care.Cardiology research · 2026Article
- A Mini-Review of Point-of-Care C-Reactive Protein Testing in Sepsis in the Emergency Department.EJIFCC · 2026Review
- Point-Of-Care Respiratory Diagnosis and Antibiotic Utilization in the Emergency Department: A Prospective Evaluation of Multiplex PCR.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2026Article
- Speeding up respiratory diagnosis: clinical drivers, barriers, and system readiness for rapid molecular point-of-care testing in Saudi Arabia.Frontiers in public health · 2026Review
- APPLICATION LEVELS OF PRINCIPLES OF POCT IMPLEMENTATION, MANAGEMENT, AND MAINTENANCE THROUGH THE PERCEPTIONS OF HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS AT A TERTIARY HOSPITAL IN UYO, AKWA STATE, NIGERIA.Annals of Ibadan postgraduate medicine · 2025Article
- Point of Care Testing, Rapid Next Generation Sequencing and Artificial Intelligence in Pediatric and Neonatal Healthcare: A Narrative Review.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Artificial Intelligence Applications in Musculoskeletal Imaging.Current reviews in musculoskeletal medicine · 2025Review
- Salivary Biomarkers in Pediatric Acute Appendicitis: Current Evidence and Future Directions.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- A Nurse-Led Cross-Sectoral Home-Based Follow-Up Visit for Older Patients Discharged From the Hospital: A Practice Research Project.Nursing open · 2025Article
- Visualization of Critical Limits and Critical Values Facilitates Interpretation.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Comparison of the ALKA and CRS scores to predict outcomes among patients with coronavirus disease 2019 infection in United Arab Emirates.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Monitoring and optimization of POCT devices in a multi-specialty hospital in Poland: usage trends, quality assurance, and clinical impact (2017-2024).Acta biochimica Polonica · 2025Article
- Review
- Strategies to Combat Overcrowding at Emergency Departments across India: A White Paper by the Academic College of Emergency Experts, India and the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Emergency and Trauma, South-East Asia.Journal of emergencies, trauma, and shockArticle
- Customer Service Delivery in Clinical Laboratories: Challenges, Innovations, and Policy Directions for Strengthening Quality Management Systems in Nigeria.Nigerian medical journal : journal of the Nigeria Medical AssociationReview
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Health care is one of the most important services that need to be provided to any community. Many challenges exist in delivering proper and effective health services, including ensuring timely delivery, providing adequate care through effective management and achieving good outcomes. Point-of-care testing (POCT) plays a crucial role in delivering urgent and appropriate health services, especially in peripheral communities, emergency situations, disaster areas and overcrowded areas. We collected and reviewed secondary data about point-of-care testing from PubMed, Scopus and Google Scholar. Our findings emphasize that POCT provides fast care with minimal waiting time, avoids unnecessary investigations, aids in triage, and provides decision-makers with a clear understanding of the patient's condition to make informed decisions. We recommend point-of-care testing as a frontline investigation in emergency departments, intensive care units, peripheral hospitals, primary health care centers, disaster areas and field hospitals. Point-of-care testing can improve the quality of health services and ensure the provision of necessary health care.
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