Should electronic differential diagnosis support be used early or late in the diagnostic process? A multicentre experimental study of Isabel.

Matt Sibbald; Sandra D. Monteiro; Jonathan Sherbino; Andrew LoGiudice; Charles P. Friedman; Geoffrey R. Norman

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Should electronic differential diagnosis support be used early or late in the diagnostic process? A multicentre experimental study of Isabel.

October 27, 2021

Sibbald M, Monteiro SD, Sherbino J, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2022;31(6):426-433.

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Diagnostic safety remains a patient safety priority. This randomized study including emergency medicine and internal medicine physicians as well as medical students found that electronic differential diagnostic support increased the likelihood that the correct diagnosis appeared in the differential, regardless of whether the tool was used early or late in the diagnostic process.

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