title: VisualDx: a visual diagnostic decision support tool.
abstract: VisualDx is a clinical decision support tool that uses images and searchable clinical features to assist physicians in the diagnostic decision-making process. VisualDx is a database of more than 24,000 high-quality images covering a wide variety of conditions and drug eruptions. In addition, VisualDx integrates within both UpToDate and many electronic medical records and features a mobile version. This column includes a sample search and a review of the features of VisualDx.
authors.affiliation: School of Library and Information Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA. evardell@unc.edu
authors.forename: Emily
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vardell
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bou-Crick
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D016208:Databases, Factual; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems; D014584:User-Computer Interface