Crowdsourcing diagnosis for patients with undiagnosed illnesses: An evaluation of crowdmed

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Meyer, Ashley N D ^a,b   Longhurst, Christopher A ^c   Singh, Hardeep ^a,b  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crowdsourcing; Diagnosis; Diagnostic errors; Patient safety; World Wide Web

Indexed keywords

CROWDSOURCING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CROWDSOURCING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PHYSICIANS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85017176954     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/JMIR.4887     Document Type: Article

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