What is the suitability of clinical vignettes in benchmarking the performance of online symptom checkers? An audit study.

Austen El-OstaIman WebberAos AlaaMarie Line El AsmarSaba MianMansour Taghavi Azar Sharabiani Azeem Majeed

Published in: BMJ open (2022)

Clinical vignettes are inherently limited in their utility to benchmark the diagnostic accuracy or triage safety of OSC. Real-world evidence studies involving real patients are recommended to benchmark the performance of OSC against a panel of physicians.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
emergency department
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
primary care
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
social media
case control