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NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Diagnostic reasoning is one of the most essential skills for any health care professional, from medical students to seasoned physicians. Mastering diagnostic reasoning is crucial for providing accurate patient care, minimizing errors, and improving health outcomes. What is Diagnostic Reasoning?

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Forbes Healthcare

OCTOBER 25, 2024

A newly published study from Sweden unveiled a blood test capable of detecting Alzheimer’s disease with 90% accuracy.

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Forbes Healthcare

JUNE 29, 2024

AI is revolutionizing healthcare by personalizing diagnostics, treatments, and preventive care, leading to better patient outcomes and streamlined operations

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Scrubs

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Echocardiography, or echo for short, is a key diagnostic test used by cardiologists to assess the heart. In summary, echocardiography is an invaluable and versatile diagnostic technique. It utilizes high-frequency sound waves, also known as ultrasound, to generate images of the beating heart.

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Valant

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

(Updated 11/6/2024) In March of 2022, the American Psychological Association (APA) released changes to its diagnostic manual, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition. This has helped clinicians increase their diagnostic precision.

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Forbes Healthcare

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Hera Biotech is developing a less invasive, more accurate diagnostic test for endometriosis, an often painful condition that can lead to infertility.

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Forbes Healthcare

JUNE 15, 2024

Precision mental health is about better tailoring different preventative, diagnostic and treatment approaches to different people's characteristics and circumstances.

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Forbes Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Advances in technology, particularly generative AI and at-home diagnostics, have turned the once-distant idea of consumerism in medicine into a fast-approaching reality.

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Medical Economics

AUGUST 28, 2024

AI helps physicians accurately diagnose dementia type, even when limited information is available

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Sensible Medicine

MAY 1, 2024

If RCTs are the most useful study design, and articles about case control studies are my favorite to read, the use and interpretation of diagnostic tests and the articles that define test characteristics are my favorite to think about, talk about, and teach. Given my enthusiasm, this topic will be covered in two posts.

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Sensible Medicine

AUGUST 1, 2023

The brain is articulate as injury to it produces diverse, diagnostic symptoms – encephalitis speaks differently than a brain tumor speaks differently than a right MCA stroke. It is because we think all dyspnea feels the same and thus trying to define the sensation has no diagnostic value. Read more

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Medical Economics

APRIL 25, 2025

AI tools are becoming more prevalent in back office operations, but they are also making inroads on the diagnostic side.

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Sensible Medicine

AUGUST 27, 2024

The most successful students are those who can seamlessly recite guidelines and diagnostic criteria. We should be dedicating students’ time to building a thorough understanding of pathophysiology, or diagnostic reasoning or critically analyzing evidence. This type of deductive reasoning is a foundational process.

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MedQuest College

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Diagnostic Medical Sonography is a fascinating and essential field in modern healthcare, utilizing ultrasound technology to create images of the body’s internal structures. This beginner’s guide will explore what Diagnostic Medical Sonography entails, its importance, and how you can start a career in this field.

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Sensible Medicine

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

There are cases when it is necessary to pore through old records, but the EMR and diagnostic technology has undermined this claim. Diagnostic reasoning is (at least partially) deductive reasoning. However, sometimes we are stumped and diagnostic tests can be hypothesis generating.

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Sensible Medicine

DECEMBER 20, 2023

I’ve been following the general conversations and have been particularly interested in AI’s potential to improve diagnostic performance. Whatever great advances are ahead, I cannot foresee a time that people will be comfortable receiving counseling from a computer or receiving recommendations about diagnostics or treatments.

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MedQuest College

OCTOBER 8, 2024

In diagnostic medical sonography, patient care extends beyond the technical skills required to operate equipment. As a diagnostic medical sonographer, mastering the art of patient care is as important as technical proficiency. Building trust with patients begins with understanding their concerns.

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Medical Economics

APRIL 25, 2025

AI tools are becoming more prevalent in back office operations, but they are also making inroads on the diagnostic side.

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Medical Economics

APRIL 24, 2025

AI tools are becoming more prevalent in back office operations, but they are also making inroads on the diagnostic side.

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KevinMD.com

APRIL 16, 2025

As recognition grows for the breadth and depth of the clinical complexities and psychosocial challenges that patients may face along their diagnostic and treatment journey, there is movement Read more Why long-acting injectables are transforming schizophrenia care originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Sensible Medicine

MAY 24, 2024

I know when it is pneumonia, I know when it is influenza or RSV, I kind of know when it is COVID though that tends to be a bit of a diagnostic moving target. I think my diagnostic reasoning is pretty plausible. I also know when it is human metapneumovirus (hMPV). We often see this in the spring, when the other viruses are waning.

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Sensible Medicine

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

This was the validation article in a series of diagnostic test articles. This study was a case-control, diagnostic test study. 2 It was referenced in the WSJ article. Background Grail’s founding idea was to develop a single blood test that can screen for multiple cancers.

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Sensible Medicine

OCTOBER 26, 2023

It was a diagnostic test study, one of my favorite article types, but not a traditional one. In the second half of the course, students were free to choose articles from the entirety of the medical literature. This article, Colorectal Cancer Screening with Odour Material by Canine Scent Detection , was chosen by a student one year.

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Physicians Practice

OCTOBER 14, 2024

This white paper explores diagnostic challenges in emergency, ambulatory, and hospital settings.

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MedQuest College

APRIL 22, 2024

Understand the Role of a Sonographer Before pursuing a career in diagnostic medical sonography, it’s important to understand the role and responsibilities of a sonographer. Research Educational Requirements Most employers require sonographers to have formal education and training in diagnostic medical sonography.

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Electronic Health Reporter

MAY 9, 2019

Sometimes, the answer never comes; conventional diagnostics does not always provide a diagnosis for diseases […]. Getting a diagnosis for a rare disease is a long and often painful journey that can take an average of five years1 and hundreds of doctor visits.

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Electronic Health Reporter

DECEMBER 4, 2019

By Tom Romeo, general manager of healthcare IT, Quanum Solutions, Quest Diagnostics. Despite widespread adoption, a 2018 Quest Diagnostics survey was among the first to cast doubt on overall usefulness of “basic” EHRs. Illegal copying is prohibited. Only 39% of physicians surveyed believed […].

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Medical Economics

JANUARY 23, 2025

A market analysis report from Grand View Research projects the AI diagnostics market size to grow at a CAGR of 24.60% through 2030.

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Performance Health

OCTOBER 28, 2024

These errors, ranging from medication mistakes to diagnostic oversights, can result in serious consequences, including prolonged hospital stays, unnecessary treatments, and even fatalities. By leveraging RMIS , healthcare facilities are addressing these risks more effectively.

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Sensible Medicine

JUNE 11, 2024

This represents a significant step towards integrating AI more deeply into medical practice, aiming to enhance diagnostic accuracy, treatment personalization, and overall patient care. Other companies are also racing to provide AI-based technology in healthcare.

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Medical Economics

OCTOBER 29, 2024

A recent study compared the diagnostic performance of physicians referencing AI to those limited to conventional resources.

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Electronic Health Reporter

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

AccessDX Holdings, an international provider of advanced laboratory diagnostic solutions, has acquired 2bPrecise from Allscripts Healthcare Solutions. This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited.

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Scrubs

MARCH 31, 2023

They underwent various diagnostic tests, all of which came back negative. Terri Tanner, an emergency department nurse at Northwest Hospital in Maryland, remembers trying to talk to a patient who was suffering from an unknown condition during the eleventh hour of their stay. ” I knew I couldn’t rush this.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

MARCH 11, 2025

ECRI also said cybersecurity breaches can delay care and diagnostic errors can lead to improper treatment.

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ACI Medical & Dental School

JANUARY 9, 2025

EKG Technicians work in hospitals, cardiology clinics, and diagnostic centers. Medical Lab Assistants support laboratory professionals by preparing and handling specimens, conducting basic tests, and maintaining lab equipment to ensure accurate diagnostic results. Where Do They Work? Where Do They Work?

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Valant

JULY 29, 2024

Altered mental status, unspecified (R41.82) is a billable ICD-10 diagnostic code under HIPAA regulations from October 1, 2020, to September 30, 2021. diagnostic code when they do not have enough information available to them about a client’s specific condition. Check out the 2023 ICD-10 updates here. Clinicians should only use the R41.82

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Scrubs

MARCH 29, 2023

The body is willing to tell you about whether medication is working or not within 15 days … there are no diagnostic tools available that can actually measure this every 15 days because you can’t repeatedly do biopsies of a patient.” “The latest research in the U.S. Surprise late-stage cancer diagnoses could soon be a thing of the past.

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