It Rather Looks Like On-Line Symptom Checkers Are A Health Hazard!

This appeared last week:Online symptom checkers: still a long way to goAuthored by Nicole MacKeeIssue 19 / 18 May 2020 ONLINE and mobile application symptom checkers get the diagnosis right first time in just a third of instances, but the only Australian-based checker included in a recent study,, Healthdirect, did slightly better than the rest.In pre-coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) times (November 2018 – January 2019), Australian researchers put 36 freely available online and mobile application symptom checkers under the spotlight to determine their effectiveness in providing diagnostic and triage advice.The researchers evaluated the symptom checkers using 48 medical condition vignettes (1170 di agnostic vignettes and 688 triage vignettes). They concluded that symptom checkers may provide unsuitable or incomplete diagnostic or triage advice for users in Australia, resulting in inappropriate care advice.Their findings, published in the MJA, showed that the correct diagnosis was... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
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