Background. Being confronted with uncertainty in the context of health-related judgments
and decision making can give rise to the occurrence of systematic biases. These biases may …

Early diagnosis is an important aspect of contemporary cancer prevention and control
strategies, as the majority of patients are diagnosed following symptomatic presentation. The …

Background Enormous amounts of data are recorded routinely in health care as part of the
care process, primarily for managing individual patient care. There are significant …

A few decades ago, the government of Saudi Arabia introduced electronic medical records
(EMRs) in some health care facilities. However, the progress in adopting these systems on a …

Background Well-established electronic data capture in UK general practice means that
algorithms, developed on patient data, can be used for automated clinical decision support …

How do physicians solve diagnostic problems? What is known about the process of
diagnostic clinical reasoning? In this chapter we sketch our current understanding of …

Background Clinical decision support systems (DSS) aimed at supporting diagnosis are not
widely used. This is mainly due to usability issues and lack of integration into clinical work …

Rory Staunton, a 12 year-old boy, presented with fever, vomiting and mottled skin. Was this
gastroenteritis? Thomas Duncan's symptoms were headache, dizziness, nausea, abdominal …

A diagnostic decision support system (DDSS) is expected to reduce diagnostic errors.
However, its effect on physicians' diagnostic decisions remains unclear. Our study aimed to …

Background An increasing number of diagnostic decision support systems (DDSS) exist to
support patients and physicians in establishing the correct diagnosis as early as possible …