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EXCLUSIVE
OFFER! We are looking for a team of
users to provide feedback on the new VisualDx. The new product
expands diagnostic decision support to include more pictures,
more diagnoses, and more specialties. Also new is the Sympticon
(left), which is a visual representation of the symptoms of
disease and is a key tool in building a differential.
We would like to invite you to use the product and provide
valuable feedback by participating in bi-weekly surveys.
This exclusive offer is limited and time is running out!
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'Countless' Patients Harmed By Wrong or
Delayed Diagnoses - US News and World Report
IOM: Most Patients Experience Diagnostic
Error at Some Point - MedPage Today
Diagnosis Wrong Too Often, Urgent
Improvement Needed - ABC News
These are just some of the sweeping headlines resulting from the Institute of Medicine report on
diagnostic errors. A month after the study’s release, its impact
is still far reaching. The finding that “nearly every person will
experience a diagnostic error in their lifetime” resonates within
and outside of the health care community. The IOM has several
recommendations, including better communication within the health
care system and promoting patients’ participation in the
diagnostic process.
At VisualDx, we understand how technology must play a key role in
accurate diagnosis. Clinical decision support systems provide an
enhanced diagnostic experience for both providers and patients.
As VisualDx CEO Art Papier told the Associated Press, “That
technology is similar to the computer support that pilots get in
the cockpit, ‘engineering tools to help the doctor think things
through in real time.’" Bottom line, accuracy saves lives.
Click on the images to see the latest VisualDx infographics that
demonstrate the challenges facing the health care system today.
We are working every day to be part of your solution.
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A
35-YEAR-OLD HIV-positive patient who had
recently started HAART therapy came into the ER very concerned
about a large group of vesicles that had appeared on her leg. For
several days before the lesions appeared, she had experienced a
burning skin sensation. Other symptoms included headache, neck
pain, and fatigue.
Can you
diagnose the patient? Use the Differential
Builder in VisualDx to help you. HINT: Start with specific
Clinical Scenario “Immunocompromised” under “Adult Skin,” then
add other key findings.
Look for
the answer on our Facebook page on Tuesday,
October 27. Follow us on Facebook for a new quiz every Monday!
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LED BY THE
International Diabetes Federation, World Diabetes
Day on November 14 unites the global diabetes community to produce
a powerful voice for diabetes awareness and advocacy. Diabetes is
commonly associated with many skin conditions, including acanthosis
nigricans, recurrent candidiasis, and diabetic pressure ulcers.
Other cutaneous manifestations of diabetes mellitus (DM) include
the following:
- Necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum (NLD) is a
disorder of collagen degeneration that typically presents with
asymptomatic shiny, red-brown patches on the shins that, with
time, coalesce into plaques and become yellow-brown, waxy, and
centrally atrophic with telangiectasias.
- Diabetic dermopathy, also called shin
spots, is found in up to 50% of diabetic patients. It is the
most common cutaneous finding associated with DM. The etiology
is unclear, but as microangiopathic complications of DM
(retinal, neuropathic, and/or nephrogenic) increase, so too
does the number of lesions.
It is
important to include these diagnoses in the rash differential for
patients with DM. It is also important for health care providers,
particularly those involved in daily patient care, to recognize and
evaluate these skin changes as potential markers of internal
disease. Cutaneous findings can increase the index of suspicion for
a clinician considering the diagnosis of diabetes.
Encourage your patients to optimize glucose tolerance and cease
smoking to prevent further and future vascular compromise. Patients
and providers can get involved with World Diabetes Day by finding
more information at www.idf.org.
Skin manifestations of systemic diseases are multiple and diverse.
To view pictures of necrobiosis lipoidica, visit VisualDx:
Necrobiosis lipiodica
To view pictures of diabetic dermopathy, visit VisualDx:
Diabetic dermopathy
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WATCH OUR
NEW mobile tutorial videos, each under 2 minutes, just
uploaded to our YouTube channel.
We created these short videos especially to help our mobile users
make the most of VisualDx on the go. Don't miss out on the
functionality available through the differential builder, sharing
your diagnosis with patients or colleagues, the search function, the
popular quiz feature (now available on Android!), or CME for
individual users.
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