Re:Blood test that finds 50 types of cancer is accurate enou...
by Fomite on Friday June 25, 2021 @02:35PM
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Less information can be better. Or more accurately, conditional probabilities can be better than unconditional probabilities.
For example, a large number of unnecessary antibiotic treatments, which fuel resistance, are triggered by doing diagnostic testing on patients with no symptoms.
"Diagnostic stewardship" is a concept that exists for a reason.
For example, a large number of unnecessary antibiotic treatments, which fuel resistance, are triggered by doing diagnostic testing on patients with no symptoms.
"Diagnostic stewardship" is a concept that exists for a reason.