Introduction Diagnostic error in medicine is conservatively estimated at 15% (Newman-Toker) while the actual number may be considerably higher(Winters, Newman). Checklists have been demonstrated to reduce error in procedural areas of medicine yet, utilization remains limited (Ely, Gaw 2009 ). To measure usefulness in diagnosis in neurologic disease, a computer generated differential diagnostic checklist utilizing NeurologicDx.com, an open access internet based program (www.NeurologicDx.com) is compared to physician recall in third year neurology residents and practicing neurologists. This study demonstrates checklist…
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NeurologyIndex.com and NeurologicDx.com Officially Replace online.NERVLINE.net
After 30 years in other forms, in 2005, NERVLINE became a web based application (online.nervline.net) leaving behind standalone PC, Palm Pilot and Windows Mobile handhelds. It allowed us to experience how you used the product and lead us to new developments. The NERVLINE concept was cross referencing symptoms across citations leading to a differential diagnosis by scanning the titles and considering the diseases suggested. What we learned was that physicians searched by disease, not by symptom. This was confusing at…
Continue ReadingNervline: The Database
NERVLINE’s sophisticated database contains more than 25,000 neurologic citations from over the past 35 years and is updated at regular intervals to keep current. Citations include selected articles chosen from these core journals: American Journal of Medicine American Journal of Neuroradiology American Journal of Roentgenology Annals of Internal Medicine Archives of Internal Medicine Archives of Neurology Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine British Medical Journal Journal of the American Medical Association Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and…
Continue ReadingNervline: Search By Keyword
NERVLINE was accessed through keywords drawn from the terminology of a practicing neurologist. The citations are retrievable by problem-oriented keywords consisting of diseases, signs, symptoms, diagnostic techniques, laboratory values, and similar clinically relevant terms and acronyms. The user can cross-reference search terms for common citations.
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Not just another search engine! NERVLINE is a system of organizing articles by keyword tags. Over 25,000 peer reviewed clinical journal articles of neurologic relevance are indexed from a proprietary thesaurus with over 16,000 entries. Distinct from other search engines, this database is cross referenced by our various software products to provide differential diagnosis and literature search in clinical neurology. A recent article in the BMJ on the use of Google as a diagnostic tool used 26 test cases and…
Continue ReadingNervline: The First Online Iteration
NERVLINE was built as a problem-oriented software package that cuts down on your journal reading time and helps you to stay current in clinical neurology! With its easy-to-use, intuitive interface, NERVLINE’s comprehensive database helped users quickly and easily access target information for diagnostic and treatment options. Here’s what it used to look like:
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