PoC Platform & Technology Market to Surpass US$ 45.4 Billion by 2025

The point-of-care platforms and technologies have significantly contributed to the transformation of healthcare landscape by bringing rapid diagnosis and monitoring tests closer, and making it more convenient for healthcare providers and patients. The test results obtained by electronic health records (EHR) assists in quicker diagnosis leading to faster decision making and early treatment onset. The POC tests and devices help alleviate various pain points of hospital-based healthcare providers who are under constant pressure for delivering cost and time efficient care that enhances treatment outcomes of patients. These rapid POC tests address the issues of latency in test results by facilitating accurate evidence-based triage and diagnostic decisions within fraction of time when compared to the time taken by centralized laboratory tests.

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POC devices allow medical professionals to make decisions in patient’s vicinity, which results in significant healthcare delivery with faster results and immediate clinical management. The novel point-of-care tests (POCTs) offer diagnostic techniques for the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases such as HIV, Hepatitis B Virus, and chronic diseases such as diabetes, cancer, and cardiovascular disorders. According to the International Journal of Nanomedicine, in 2017, around 36.7 million people were affected by Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and around 400 million people were affected by viral hepatitis across the globe.

The survey also stated that with no reliable treatment for HIV infection, early diagnosis is a critical factor in managing AIDS patients, as it is a major cause for morbidity and mortality globally. Furthermore, the point-of-care technologies have enabled efficient monitoring of heart rate, inflammation threats, and heart failure that can potentially avert complications, reduce economic burden, and improve patient care across diverse medical and home care settings. According to the American Heart Association, cardiovascular diseases account for 17.3 million deaths per year globally and by 2030, around 23.3 million people are expected to die from CVD.

Increasing cancer and diabetes incidences is one of the major factors driving demand for point of care diagnostic tools and assays. Monitoring of glucose, hemoglobin, ketones, and other factors allows prevention and early detection of diabetes-related acute and chronic complications, and has a positive impact on the process of care and management of patients with diabetes. According to National Cancer Institute, in 2016, around 16.8 million new cases of cancer were diagnosed in the U.S., with around 595,690 deaths from the same disease. The number of people suffering from cancer is expected to rise to 19 million by 2024. According to the Global Diabetes Community, in 2017, around 422 million adults suffer from diabetes globally, where the number is expected to escalate to 642 million by 2040.