VisualDx

VisualDx is <a href="/facts/Clinical_decision_support_system/tSveUr6w">clinical decision support system</a> (CDSS) software intended to be used by medical practitioners, including <a href="/facts/Primary_care/7oDNVSE0">primary care</a> practitioners, to assist them in <a href="/facts/Differential_diagnosis/jLqnn5hA">differential diagnosis</a>. In one of its modes of operation, after a healthcare provider enters some basic facts about the patient, VisualDx presents <a href="/facts/Peer-reviewed/ly6yEgcW">peer-reviewed</a> photographs or diagrams of medical conditions such as <a href="/facts/Skin_conditions/U58kszg2">skin conditions</a>, ordered from the most to the least likely, to assist in diagnosis. The system holds over 100,000 images. Other modes of operation include searching for medication that a patient has been taking, to find possible <a href="/facts/Adverse_drug_reactions/Ea0ktF6J">adverse drug reactions</a> that they may be suffering from.
VisualDx is used in 2,300 hospitals and clinics, and is used for teaching in over 90 US <a href="/facts/Medical_school/Iqjoctde">medical schools</a>. It is sold as a yearly or <a href="/facts/Software_as_a_service/LPyPQ5b7">monthly subscription service</a> and a 30-day free trial is available.
VisualDx is produced by a company of the same name based in <a href="/facts/Rochester,_New_York/dfEIYtDu">Rochester, New York</a>. It was co-founded by Lowell Goldsmith, MD, and Art Papier, MD, both professors of <a href="/facts/Dermatology/YfvJ8uXn">dermatology</a> at the <a href="/facts/University_of_Rochester/RT7TWLzd">University of Rochester</a>.

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