Rheumatic?-A Digital Diagnostic Decision Support Tool for Individuals Suspecting Rheumatic Diseases: A Multicenter Pilot Validation Study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Digital diagnostic decision support tools promise to accelerate diagnosis and increase health care efficiency in rheumatology. Rheumatic? is an online tool developed by specialists in rheumatology and general medicine together with patients and patient organizations. It calculates a risk score for several rheumatic diseases. We ran a pilot study retrospectively testing Rheumatic? for its ability to differentiate symptoms from existing or emerging immune-mediated rheumatic diseases from other rheumatic and musculoskeletal complaints and disorders in patients visiting rheumatology clinics.

Materials and methods

The performance of Rheumatic? was tested using in three university rheumatology centers: (A) patients at Risk for RA (Karolinska Insti

SUBMITTER: Knevel R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9083190 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature