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ReviewFrontiers in digital health2021

Diagnostic Informatics-The Role of Digital Health in Diagnostic Stewardship and the Achievement of Excellence, Safety, and Value.

Andrew Georgiou, Julie Li, Rae-Anne Hardie, Nasir Wabe, Andrea R Horvath, Jeffrey J Post, Alex Eigenstetter, Robert Lindeman, Que Lam, Tony Badrick and 1 more

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Review in Frontiers in digital health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. A Taxonomy for Health Information Systems.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Andrew GeorgiouAustralian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Julie LiAustralian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Rae-Anne HardieAustralian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Nasir WabeAustralian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Andrea R HorvathNew South Wales (NSW) Health Pathology, Department of Clinical Chemistry and Endocrinology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Jeffrey J PostDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Prince of Wales Hospital and Community Health Services, Randwick, NSW, Australia.
Alex EigenstetterNew South Wales (NSW) Health Pathology, Chatswood, NSW, Australia.
Robert LindemanNew South Wales (NSW) Health Pathology, Chatswood, NSW, Australia.
Que LamDepartment of Pathology, Austin Health, Heidelberg, VIC, Australia.
Tony BadrickRoyal College of Pathologists of Australasia Quality Assurance Programs, St Leonards, NSW, Australia.
Christopher PearceOutcome Health, Blackburn, VIC, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diagnostic investigations (pathology laboratory and medical imaging) aim to: increase certainty of the presence or absence of disease by supporting the process of differential diagnosis; support clinical management; and monitor a patient's trajectory (e. g., disease progression or response to treatment). Digital health can be defined as the collection, storage, retrieval, transmission, and utilization of data, information, and knowledge to support healthcare. Digital health has become an essential component of the diagnostic process, helping to facilitate the accuracy and timeliness of information transfer and enhance the effectiveness of decision-making processes. Digital health is also important to diagnostic stewardship, which involves coordinated guidance and interventions to ensure the appropriate utilization of diagnostic tests for therapeutic decision-making. Diagnostic stewardship and informatics are thus important in efforts to establish shared decision-making. This is because they contribute to the establishment of shared information platforms (enabling patients to read, comment on, and share in decisions about their care) based on timely and meaningful communication. This paper will outline key diagnostic informatics and stewardship initiatives across three interrelated fields: (1) diagnostic error and the establishment of outcomes-based diagnostic research; (2) the safety and effectiveness of test result management and follow-up; and (3) digitally enhanced decision support systems.

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decision supportdiagnostic errorevaluationhealth informaticsoutcomes based assessmentpathologysafetytest result follow-up

Identifiers

PMID34713132
PMCPMC8521817

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