Incidence of Diagnostic Errors Among Unexpectedly Hospitalized Patients Using an Automated Medical History–Taking System With a Differential Diagnosis Generator: Retrospective Observational Study

Abstract

The incidence of diagnostic errors among patients in the outpatient department of internal medicine who used an automated medical history-taking system that generates differential diagnosis lists seemed to be lower than the previously reported incidence of diagnostic errors. This result suggests that the implementation of an automated medical history-taking system that generates differential diagnosis lists could be beneficial for diagnostic safety in the outpatient department of internal medicine.