Rationale of family medicine physicians in effectively identifying patients with chronic hyperglycemia through point-of-care hemoglobin A1C screenings.

Reported rationales were largely impacted by visual inspections of age, race, and weight, and prediabetic A1C values garnered less attention compared to higher values. Utilization of POC A1C screening followed by conformational repeat testing is a practical approach to improve diagnostic rates and initiation of care for diabetes.