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Research draft

medical diagnosis

vr.tr.medical-diagnosis · INF.MED

Let an agent explain how diagnosis works in general terms, help people prepare for appointments and access records or second opinions, without diagnosing anyone.

Thing Registry Information and virtual systems

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent explain how diagnosis works in general terms, help people prepare for appointments and access records or second opinions, without diagnosing anyone.

The process of determining which disease or condition explains a person symptoms and signs, using history, examination and tests, carried out by qualified clinicians, and the resulting diagnosis recorded in medical records.

What it is for: Guiding treatment and care.

It can be explain the diagnostic process in general terms; prepare questions for a clinician; access medical records; seek a second opinion.

Distinguishing features

Made by qualified clinicians

Uses multiple sources of evidence

Recorded and coded

Can be revised

What it looks like

Consultations, examinations, tests and written diagnoses in records.

How it is recognised

Clinical history, examination, tests

Diagnostic codes such as ICD-11

Self-assessment tools are not diagnoses

Related models

is a kind of - category

diagnosis and document

uses - evidence

medical test

is coded with - classification

ICD-11

guides - next step

treatment

In practice

Families and kinds

clinical diagnosis

laboratory and imaging-based diagnosis

psychiatric diagnosis

differential diagnosis

veterinary diagnosis (related)

Identifiers

ICD-11 code alphanumeric diagnosis coding

Standards and regulation

Medical practice regulation

Health data protection law

EU Medical Device Regulation for diagnostic software

Failure modes and hazards

Agents diagnosing users

Delayed care due to self-diagnosis

Overreliance on unvalidated AI tools

Also called

psychiatric diagnosisveterinary diagnosis and diagnosticsRecreational DNA testingcancer diagnosisdisease diagnosticscomputer-aided diagnosisurino-diagnosticsradiodiagnosticspathology diagnosisAntibody detection technologiesmisdiagnosistelediagnosisdiagnosis of autismmeningism signsPennhipnoninvasivepneumographyin vitro diagnosticsHutchinson's triadvaginal ultrasonographyPapular purpuric gloves and socks syndromereverse transcription polymerase chain reactionself-diagnosiscytopathologymutational analysisTongue diagnosisin situ hybridizationinvasionserological testasthma diagnostic & treatmentevaluation and treatment of paintreatment of arterial hypertensionQuantitative polymerase chain reactionrhythm interpretationmedical visittests of the pancreasmammologyplethysmographyBDORTpoint-of-care testing

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Urgent Serious symptoms.

Emergencies come first.

Signs

Emergency signs.

Signs

Emergency signs.

  1. Are symptoms severe, sudden or life-threatening? boundary
  2. Which emergency number or urgent service applies? action

Limit

No diagnosis.

Limit

Diagnosis limit.

  1. Is the user asking the agent to diagnose them? boundary
  2. How should they be referred to a clinician? action
Process How it works.

General information helps.

Steps

History and tests.

Steps

Diagnostic steps.

  1. How do clinicians usually reach a diagnosis, in general terms? definition
  2. Why might tests be ordered? definition

Prepare

Appointments.

Prepare

Preparing for appointments.

  1. What information should the person bring to the appointment? action
  2. Which questions might they ask? action
Rights Records and opinions.

Patients have rights.

Records

Access.

Records

Medical records.

  1. How can a patient access their medical records here? action
  2. Which law gives the right? provenance

Second opinion

Options.

Second opinion

Second opinions.

  1. How can a second opinion be requested? action
  2. Is it covered by the health system? provenance
Tools Technology.

Tools support, not replace.

AI tools

Validation.

AI tools

Diagnostic software.

  1. Is this diagnostic tool approved as a medical device? provenance
  2. Should its output be confirmed by a clinician? action

Coding

Classification.

Coding

Diagnostic coding.

  1. What does the diagnostic code on a record mean? definition
  2. Which classification is used? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should diagnostic types be separate entries?
  • How should coding systems be linked?
  • How should AI diagnostic tools be flagged?
Draft as JSON