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Patient history and physical examination to guide diagnostic testing leads to timely and accurate diagnoses, protects patients from unnecessary testing risks, and is cost-effective.
Highlights the foundational importance of the patient history and physical examination in guiding safe, accurate, and cost-effective diagnostic testing.
This article supports the importance of using the patient history and physical as a basis for selecting relevant diagnostic testing, which leads to a timely and accurate diagnosis. This process protects patients from the risks of unnecessary testing and is cost-effective.
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Jill C. Muhrer (2014) studied this question. Patient history and physical examination to guide diagnostic testing leads to timely and accurate diagnoses, protects patients from unnecessary testing risks, and is cost-effective.
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