Impact of digitally acquired peer diagnostic input on diagnostic confidence in outpatient cases: a pragmatic randomized trial.

Elaine C. Khoong; Valy Fontil; Natalie A. Rivadeneira; Mekhala Hoskote; Shantanu Nundy; Courtney R Lyles; Urmimala Sarkar

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Impact of digitally acquired peer diagnostic input on diagnostic confidence in outpatient cases: a pragmatic randomized trial.

December 2, 2020

Khoong EC, Fontil V, Rivadeneira NA, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2020;28(3):632-637.

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Diagnostic over- and under-confidence in primary care can result in misdiagnosis, impacting millions of patients every year. This intervention study evaluated the effect of peer input on diagnostic confidence on cases with diagnostic uncertainty. In cases with high diagnostic uncertainly, peer input increased provider confidence.

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