Point of Care Testing

POCT

clinical

Updated 5/16/2026

Definition

A diagnostic testing category (POCT) performed at or near the patient site, with results captured directly in EHR and laboratory information systems. Used in data integration pipelines to distinguish bedside or clinic-level test results from centralized lab results in clinical analytics workflows.

Standard Abbreviation

POCT

Database Usage

-- Example column naming
CREATE TABLE claims (
  clm_id VARCHAR(50),
  poct VARCHAR(100),  -- Point of Care Testing (max 100 chars)
  ...
);

-- Example in SELECT
SELECT
  clm_id,
  poct as point_of_care_testing
FROM claims;

Common uses in healthcare data

Risk stratification and population health analytics
CMS-HCC risk adjustment and RAF score calculation
Quality measure attribution and HEDIS reporting
Clinical data warehouse schema design
Value-based care contract performance tracking

Example database column name

ISO-11179 snake_case standard

-- Recommended column name
poct

-- Example DDL
CREATE TABLE healthcare_data (
  record_id   VARCHAR(50)   NOT NULL,
  poct         VARCHAR(100),  -- Point of Care Testing (max 100 chars)
  created_dt  TIMESTAMP     NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW()
);

Column names follow the ISO-11179 naming convention: lowercase, underscore-separated, using the standard abbreviation as a prefix where applicable.

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