We're pleased to announce the addition of VisualDx to our growing list of online resources.
Developed by the Rochester-based firm, Logical Images, VisualDx is visual clinical decision support software that allows you to search a knowledge base of over 800 diagnoses presented by nearly 15,000 medical images and illustrations. In addition, VisualDx:
Unlike traditional atlases or textbooks, with VisualDx you simply enter your patient’s key signs and symptoms (e.g., dyspnea, abdominal pain, widespread papules), and in just seconds the system generates a patient-relevant differential diagnosis – right at the point of care.
Also a great educational tool, VisualDx includes dermatologic diseases in all age groups as well as specific modules for looking up travel-related illnesses, conditions in the immunocompromised, pulmonary infection, and oral-mucosal lesions. It can even search over 800 medications for specific drug reactions. Each diagnosis is accompanied by handbook-length text with information on diagnostic pearls and testing as well as guidelines on therapy.
A brief, online, self-paced training program is available. Before you begin, you'll need to modify your desktop security to accept pop-ups from the site. You'll also need Macromedia Flash Player and Java Runtime installed on your computer. (Staff should contact their departmental computer support or the ISD Help Desk at 275-3200 for assistance; URMC students should contact Miner's Computing Center Help Desk at 275-6865.)
Would you like to look at VisualDx now? Start from our home page!
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