Hone your diagnostic edge with these 11 videos from VisualDx

Earlier this month we announced a new look and feel for the differential diagnosis tool VisualDx. Known for it's usefulness in dermatology, VisualDx has expanded to include more internal medicine topics. However, the look is a little different.

For example, you can now build a differential diagnosis beyond dermatology, as this video of diagnosing fever in a 59 year old female illustrates:

Results are easy to navigate:

There is also a Ddx stregnth indicator which estimates the likelihood of the diagnosis.

VisualDx is a available for the web and as a mobile app from Tulane Libaries.

Questions regarding the VisualDx? Contact medref@tulane.edu
More videos from Visual Dx via Youtube

New Look for VisualDx

New version of VisualDx

ON TUESDAY, MARCH 1, your VisualDx experience will change. The look will change, yes. But, at the heart of the new VisualDx is an expanded experience. The most widely used decision support system will continue to offer the great visual diagnostic support you have come to rely on and trust. Now, we are broadening our system to the chief complaint across general medicine.

VisualDx Sympticons.

NEW Double the diagnoses. From 1,300 to 2,700 diagnoses, VisualDx will provide a more holistic decision support.

NEW The Sympticon™. Look for these symptom icons to visually demonstrate symptoms of disease.

NEW More Images. The world’s best medical image library has expanded to include more photos, x-rays, and now the Sympticons.

NEW Guided Questionnaires. Choose to be guided with a questionnaire and/or type in additional findings. VisualDx can help you remember which questions are relevant to a particular symptom or complaint.


SAME GREAT FEATURES:
Concise expert content and therapy guidelines for use at the point of care.
Patient handouts for key diagnoses.
Integrated into the workflow: mobile, electronic health record, UpToDate.
Earn CME

VisualDx is available for the web and as a mobile app.

Questions regarding the VisualDx? Contact medref@tulane.edu

Old version of VisualDx goes away March 1, 2016.

Get VisualDx Mobile FREE

Get VisualDx Mobile FREE
Download to Apple or Android devices

Your institution's license to VisualDx includes on-site and remote mobile access. VisualDx is available as native iPhone, iPad, and Android apps.

From a campus computer or through the library proxy:

1. Click here: http://libproxy.tulane.edu:2048/login?url=http://www.visualdx.com/institutional-signup

2. Create your username and password as instructed.

3. Once you have your username and password, you can download the free VisualDx mobile app on your mobile device from the Apple store or from Google Play.

4. Launch the VisualDx app from your device and sign in using the username and password you created.

Physicians, residents, and students are on the go, which makes VisualDx Mobile the most efficient way to retrieve urgently needed information.

New from VisualDX: Competitive Quiz Feature

From the VisualDx Blog:

New VisualDx Mobile Quiz for iOS
VisualDx Quiz for the iPhone and iPad tests your knowledge of visual presentations of disease. Select a specialty area such as Infectious Disease, Dermatology or Pediatrics, or select “All Specialties” to begin. For each question, VisualDx Quiz shows you an image, asks you to identify the correct diagnosis from a multiple-choice list, and tracks your score. Practice on your own, or play competitively against colleagues, with scores posted to iOS Apple Game Center leaderboards. Quiz histories are stored privately on your mobile device, allowing you to review diagnoses you missed. Look up diseases in VisualDx to see more images and access expert information on diagnosis and management. More info

To play, just update or download your VisualDx app, or stop by the reference desk & take it for a spin on one of our Matas iPads.

VisualDx is a dermatology resource + mobile app oriented for problem solving: search by symptoms, visual clues and other patient factors, by diagnosis, or by medication. VisualDx clinical decision support provides instant access to concise disease information and high-quality medical images to assist in diagnosis, to direct testing, and to guide management and therapy decisions.