Edward P. Hoffer

TL;DR: A key element in the distribution of DXplain is the planned collaboration with its physician-users whose comments, criticisms, and suggestions will play an important role in modifying and enhancing the knowledge base.

TL;DR: Using DXplain on all diagnostically challenging cases might save over $2,000,000 a year on the General Medicine Services alone, and using clinical diagnostic decision support systems may improve quality and decrease cost substantially at teaching hospitals.

TL;DR: The current state of healthcare costs, federal health IT stimulus programs, and experiences of several leading organizations are reviewed, and a model for how health IT fits into the authors' health economic future is offered.

TL;DR: This work describes and provides the user experience with two different protocols through which users can access DXplain through the World Wide Web (WWW).

TL;DR: The teaching process is viewed as the presentation of a situation or a body of facts that contains the essential knowledge that students should learn; the explanations of what the important concepts and relationships are, how they can be derived, and why they are important; and the strategy for guiding interaction with a patient.