Annals of Family Medicine

MAY 27, 2025

PURPOSE We assessed the feasibility and acceptability of implementing a digital cognitive assessment (DCA) for Alzheimer disease and related dementias (ADRD) screening into primary care. We also assessed the prevalence of positive screens and measured diagnostic and care outcomes after a positive DCA result.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Diagnosis Screening Utilities 130

Myriad Genetics

MARCH 13, 2024

Which one of those 17 doctors ultimately was able to pull together the pieces of Alex’s health picture and suggest a diagnosis? 1 Besides harnessing technology, doctors and families have two other tools they can use much earlier in their journeys to help them diagnose a rare disease: Newborn screenings and genetic carrier screens.

Diagnose 52

Diagnose Screening Diagnosis Family 52

PEMBlog

OCTOBER 26, 2023

This nuclear medicine scan utilizes a radioactive tracer that is taken up by the gastric mucosa in Meckel’s diverticulum, thereby helping to identify its presence. Recognizing the characteristic features and understanding the differential diagnosis is crucial in managing patients with lower gastrointestinal bleeding. Clin Radiol.

Diagnosis 64

Diagnosis Complication Consulting Management 64

PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Attention to any toxidromes, any abnormal vital signs or mental status, eye findings, and neurologic examination provide the greatest help in narrowing the differential diagnosis. And we do this even when we know from years of growing evidence that the yield of these routinely ordered screening tests is very poor? Ann Emerg Med.

Lab Testing 52

Lab Testing Medical Patients Mental Health 52

PEMBlog

MARCH 27, 2024

She did her MD/PhD at Columbia University, where she investigated the diagnostic utility of exome sequencing for kidney disease. Updated 2023 Jul 17]. Inborn errors of metabolism in infancy: a guide to diagnosis. Now, newborn screening, or NBS, includes testing newly born infants for certain IEMs. Pediatr Rev. Pediatrics.

Consulting 59

Consulting Individual Family Families 59

GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

But what happened when we finally… When he did get the diagnosis, it all fell into place. So I thought… And I was doing this for the United States Preventive Services Task Force because we were looking at the evidence to what’s the benefit and harm of screening, and I had to look all over. And guess what?

Patient-Centered 125

Patient-Centered IT Family Families 125