HealthcareITNews: SMART on FHIR app uses machine learning to help doctors make diagnoses

Physicians at one Missouri health system are using the app to quickly reach conclusions and move forward with the best care options, its CMO says.

JANUARY 26, 2018 – Dermatology is finding Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources an increasingly useful standard from HL7.

CoxHealth, a Springfield, Missouri-based health system, is using the VisualDx app that uses medical images, visualization and machine learning to help compare variations of disease to get to a more accurate diagnosis.

“I primarily use the app when I’m outside of the office or not with a patient in the room,” explained Louis Krenn, MD, chief medical information officer at CoxHealth. “I use it to create a differential diagnosis and then narrow the differential down. After that I review the possible conditions and details about those conditions.”

Read the full HealthcareITNews article by Bill Siwicki here.

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