Forbes says that, “…at least one-third of persons living in the U.S. now routinely use symptom checkers for both routine and urgent conditions, including chest pain.”
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Individual pediatricians also report having similar restrictions.
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According to a small study published in a research letter in JAMA Internal Medicine and discussed in an article in The Huffington Post, “Doctors are much better than symptom-checker programs at reaching a correct diagnosis, though the humans are not perfect and might benefit from using algorithms to supplement their skills.”
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