Diagnostic process-how to do it right? The SMART medicine initiative

Eur J Intern Med. 2017 Dec:46:e11-e12. doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2017.09.011. Epub 2017 Sep 12.

Authors

Ronen Zalts¹, Shira Buchrits², Jasmin Khateeb³, Michael Halberthal⁴, Gidon Berger³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Internal Medicine, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel. Electronic address: r_zalts@rambam.health.gov.il.
² Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
³ Division of Internal Medicine, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel.
⁴ Hospital Management, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel.

PMID: 28916404
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2017.09.011

No abstract available

Keywords: Diagnostic tools usage; Medical economy; Medical education; Medical investigation.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Cost-Benefit Analysis
Decision Making*
Diagnostic Services
Diagnostic Tests, Routine / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Practice Guidelines as Topic / standards
Unnecessary Procedures