Sophisticated digital aids could help determine what ails you. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Sophisticated digital aids could help determine what ails you. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Newspaper/Magazine Article
 
• Published July 2017

Sophisticated digital aids could help determine what ails you.

Maron DF. Sci Am. July 21, 2017.

Clinical decision support systems are a key strategy to improve diagnostic accuracy. This magazine article reports on how clinical decision support can help physicians consider more possibilities when diagnosing patients and avoid cognitive biases that affect decision making.

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