Evaluation of medical decision support systems (DDX generators) using real medical cases of varying complexity and origin.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medical decision support systems (CDSSs) are increasingly used in medicine, but their utility in daily medical practice is difficult to evaluate. One variant of CDSS is a generator of differential diagnoses (DDx generator). We performed a feasibility study on three different, publicly available data sets of medical cases in order to identify the frequency in which two different DDx generators provide helpful information (either by providing a list of differential diagnosis or recognizing the expert diagnosis if available) for a given case report.

Methods

Used data sets were n = 105 cases from a web-based forum of telemedicine with real life cases from Afghanistan (Afghan data set; AD), n = 124 cases discussed in a web-based medical forum (Coliquio data set; CD). B

SUBMITTER: Fritz P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9509605 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature