Doctors beat algorithms on diagnosis - study

Image: Doctors were significantly better at diagnosing conditions correctly when compared to a computer algorithms, an American research trial found. Doctors "vastly outperformed" computer algorithms when it comes to giving a correct diagnosis, according to an American research trial. In the investigation, 234 physicians correctly diagnosed patients 72% of the time, in comparison to the symptom checker app, Human Dx, which only managed to score 34%. Published earlier this month in'JAMA Internal Medicine', the study stated that it is thought to be the first direct comparison of diagnostic accuracy. Human Dx, is a web and app based platform on which clinicians can produce different outcomes for clinical case studies.