Objective. To investigate the role of information gathering and clinical experience on the
diagnosis and management of difficult diagnostic problems in family medicine. Method …

Background: Clinical reasoning is an essential skill in physicians, required to address the
challenges of accurate patient diagnoses. The goal of the study was to compare the …

Objective. To investigate diagnostic accuracy in patient histories involving nonspecific
complaints and the extent to which characteristics of physicians and structural properties of …

Objective: To describe the characteristics of unanswered clinical questions and propose
interventions that could improve the chance of finding answers. Design: In a previous study …

Objectives: To assess the effects of incomplete data upon the output of a computerized
diagnostic decision support system (DSS), to assess the effects of using the system upon the …

Diagnostic failure results from misplaced dependence on the clinical judgments of expert
physicians. The remedy for diagnostic failure involves defining standards of care for …

Background Accurate clinical problem lists are critical for patient care, clinical decision
support, population reporting, quality improvement, and research. However, problem lists …

Physicians often encounter diagnostic problems with ambiguous and conflicting features.
What are they likely to do in such situations? We presented a diagnostic scenario to 84 …

ContextComputer-based diagnostic decision support systems (DSSs) were developed to
improve health care quality by providing accurate, useful, and timely diagnostic information …

Many barriers exist to finding answers to physicians' clinical questions. Lack of time,
resources, and computer skills, as well as physicians' environment and attitudes about …