point of care
English
Alternative forms
- point-of-care
Noun
point of care (plural points of care)
- (medicine, often attributively) The time and location at which clinicians deliver medical care and healthcare services to patients.
- Synonyms: (initialisms) POC, PoC
- point-of-care testing; point-of-care ultrasound
Derived terms
- point-of-careology
Further reading
- “point of care”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary