Can a decision support system accelerate rare disease diagnosis? Evaluating the potential impact of Ada DX in a retrospective study

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Ronicke, Simon ^a,b   Hirsch, Martin C ^b   Türk, Ewelina ^b   Larionov, Katharina ^a   Tientcheu, Daphne ^a   Wagner, Annette D ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Ada Health GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ada DX; Artificial intelligence; Diagnostic decision support system; Probabilistic reasoning; Rare disease diagnosis; Time to diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANAPHYLACTOID PURPURA; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ANTISYNTHETASE SYNDROME; AORTIC ARCH SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; BUERGER DISEASE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS C; CINCA SYNDROME; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; EOSINOPHILIC GRANULOMA; FABRY DISEASE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FELTY SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; HYPOPHOSPHATASIA; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; KIMURA DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RARE DISEASE; RELAPSING POLYCHONDRITIS; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SAPHO SYNDROME; SARCOIDOSIS; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SMALL FIBER NEUROPATHY; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; STICKLER SYNDROME; SYNDROME CREST; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS; CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RARE DISEASES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85063393087     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17501172     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13023-019-1040-6     Document Type: Article

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