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[Blog] Symptom Checkers vs Physical Exams - The Diagnostic Gap

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This blog examines the growing use of online symptom checkers, highlighting their utility as triage tools while stressing their fundamental limitation: the absence of a physical examination. It explains how these digital tools gather information through questionnaires but lack the crucial diagnostic details gained through visual assessment, palpation, auscultation, percussion, and neurological testing, leading to lower accuracy rates compared to physician evaluations.

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Content provided by Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC Online Programs. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC Online Programs or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.

This podcast was created using Notebook LM.

This blog examines the growing use of online symptom checkers, highlighting their utility as triage tools while stressing their fundamental limitation: the absence of a physical examination. It explains how these digital tools gather information through questionnaires but lack the crucial diagnostic details gained through visual assessment, palpation, auscultation, percussion, and neurological testing, leading to lower accuracy rates compared to physician evaluations.

  continue reading

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