title: Impact of a Web-based diagnosis reminder system on errors of diagnosis.
abstract: A large number of medical errors can be attributed to errors in diagnosis. A diagnosis reminder system such as Isabel may lessen the risk of diagnostic error by providing a checklist of possible diagnoses. For this project, resident physicians used Isabel to work through a set of six simulated patient cases. The system had a positive effect on the mean diagnostic quality score and the number of clinically important diagnoses included in the differential.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Evaluation Sciences, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
authors.forename: Larissa R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Amy
authors.forename: Stephen M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Borowitz
authors.forename: Patrick A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Mark J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Mendelsohn
authors.forename: Jason A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Lyman
mesh_terms: D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D005103:Expert Systems; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010372:Pediatrics; D017010:Reminder Systems