Implementation of point-of-care testing in a general internal medicine practice: A confirmation study.

Background: In a previous study we reported on the impact of point-of-care testing (POCT) on practice efficiency in an academic primary care practice that was established to develop new models of care delivery. Here we report a follow-on confirmation study in a more typical primary care practice in the community.

Methods: In this observational study with a retrospective comparison analysis we measured metrics of practice efficiency on two patient cohorts: those that did not receive POCT and those that did.