VisualDx CME
Special CME Offers
Cardiac/Pulmonary | Dermatology (all skin types) | Dermatology (skin of color) | Drug Reactions | ENT/Oral Medicine | Gastrointestinal | General | Genitourinary | Neuro/Psych | Ophthalmology | Public Health | More about VisualDx with DermExpert
2 Year CME Subscription
Price: $999.00 (one year & longer than one year subscription)
CME Credits Available: Unlimited
What is VisualDx?
VisualDx is a user-friendly artificial intelligence-enhanced visual clinical decision support system that can be used in just about every specialty.
It is available on desktop, android, iOS, and is one tool that I personally think is a must-have for all practicing clinicians.
With the ambitious goal of improving diagnostic accuracy and patient care, VisualDx does this with concise, peer-reviewed content thoughtfully designed for use at the point of care.
VisualDx is great for dermatologists and dermatology residents, but even better for the rest of us. Even if you work in a specialty that is not traditionally visual, like psychiatry, VisualDx has more than you might expect. Every condition you review, symptom you search, or differential you build earns CME. Read our full VisualDx review.
Empowering Students, Residents, and Clinicians
VisualDx was developed to assist clinicians in medical decision-making by providing peer-reviewed evidence-based information at the point of care. The tool is designed to think and work like a clinician in practice. VisualDx combines a diagnostic framework with visualization of disease.
Speed to the Answer.
Smart search by chief complaint, diagnosis, or medication. Review information and images to improve patient care.
Differential Guided Work-up
Create a custom differential diagnosis for a patient using their specific symptoms. Rule in/out emergencies.
Enhanced Patient Satisfaction
Share images and disease information with patients to build confidence and strengthen the patient-clinician relationship.
Earn CME*
Earn internet point-of-care activity for a maximum of 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ with every search in VisualDx.
Your Smartphone Gets Even Smarter With DermExpert™
Get personalized, private patient guidance for skin problems in seconds with this add-on artificial intelligence for dermatology feature.
Step 1. Take a Photo
Build a custom differential based on a chief complaint or snap a picture and let the machine learning analyze your image.
Step 2. DermExpert Analyzes Your Photo
DermExpert will analyze your photo to determine the possibilities using sophisticated machine learning technology.
Step 3. Confirm or Edit the Lesion Type
This confirms the lesion type while simultaneously training clinicians in the language of the skin exam.
Step 4. Answer a Few Additional Questions
The guided workup helps build a meaningful differential.
Step 5. See the Results
DermExpert helps you broaden your differential and make better clinical decisions quickly using our tab format.
Everyone deserves a timely and accurate diagnosis.
For too long, patients with pigmented skin have been marginalized and faced worse outcomes than their peers with lighter skin colors. Textbooks, dermatology atlases, and other resources have traditionally underrepresented presentations of disease in people of color.
For over 20 years, VisualDx has been committed to providing a comprehensive resource for medical images across all skin types. We know the importance of helping healthcare professionals with the challenges and subtleties of recognizing skin changes in patients with darker skin pigmentation. Equally important is the ability to engage with patients of color by showing them images that look like them or the way a diagnosis manifests on dark skin. This can build confidence and trust—an essential part of practicing exemplary medicine. Almost a third (28.5%) of the images in VisualDx are skin type IV, V, VI.
Why We Love VisualDx
Improves Efficiency1
In a 2013 survey by VisualDx, clinicians reported saving from 14 minutes to 26 minutes each day. Physicians using VisualDx saved an average of 14 minutes per day, PAs saved 19 minutes per day, and NPs saved 26 minutes per day with VisualDx.
Increases Accuracy2,3,4
Dermatology residents and students saw a 19 percent increase in accurate diagnoses using VisualDx compared to non-use.
General practitioners saw a 34 percent increase in diagnostic accuracy with the app.
Most impressively, non-dermatologists' diagnostic accuracy skyrocketed 120 percent after just 4 minutes of training on VisualDx.
Reduces Healthcare Costs5
Cellulitis has a diagnostic error rate of 30 percent, costing the United States healthcare system as much as $500 million annually.
A study published in Dermatology Online Journal found that emergency department physicians included a correct cellulitis diagnosis in their differential 50 percent more often when using VisualDx compared to colleagues not using the tool.
Works in Real Life Practice
There is no shortage of stories telling how VisualDx helped nail down an important diagnosis.
The New York Times Magazine published the story of medical student Amber Bard diagnosing ocular herpes in a toddler, helping avoid complications like corneal scarring or blindness.
Toddler Diagnosed with Acute Meningococcemia Using Images in VisualDx – Dr. William Finn, Emergency Department Physician
Early Disseminated Lyme Diagnosis Caught Just in Time – Dr. Lincoln Heath, Family Medicine Resident
Offers Unlimited AMA PRA Category 1™ CME Credits
Modern MedEd partners with VisualDx to provide a special offer of unlimited CME plus a free gift card worth $250 or $500 with your subscription to VisualDx. Learn more.
Modern MedEd partners with VisualDx to provide a special offer of unlimited CME with a free iPad with your one or two year subscription to VisualDx. Your new tablet is a 10th gen 64GB iPad pre-installed with VisualDx.
Modern MedEd partners with VisualDx to provide a special offer for you. Subscriptions offer no limit to the amount of credits you can claim and you can save 20% with promo code MODERNMEDED20 at checkout. Learn more.
Modern MedEd partners with VisualDx to get you CME subscriptions with no limit to the amount of credits you can claim. Learn more.
References
1. Based on a 2013 survey of 468 VisualDx users.
2. Chou W, Tien P, Lin F, Chiu PC. Application of visually based, computerised diagnostic decision support system in dermatological medical education: a pilot study. Postgrad Med J. 2017 May;93(1099):256-259.
3. Papier A, Allen E, McDermott M. Visual informatics: real-time visual decision support. Poster presented at: American Medical Informatics Association 2001 Annual Symposium; November 3-7, 2001; Washington, DC.
4. Breitbart EW, Choudhury K, Bunde H, et al; Association of Dermatological Prevention, LEO Innovation Lab. Impact of a computer-based differential diagnosis tool on patient satisfaction and on the diagnostic accuracy of skin conditions. Initiative Gesundheitsindustrie Hessen. http://gesundheitsindustrie-hessen.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Abstract-LEO.pdf. Accessed 30 Jan 2018.
5. David CV, Chira S, Eells SJ, et al. Diagnostic accuracy in patients admitted to hospitals with cellulitis. Dermatol Online J. 2011 Mar 15;17(3):1.
VisualDx CME Disclaimer
*This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the ACCME through the joint providership of Med-IQ and VisualDx.
Med-IQ is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Med-IQ designates this point of care activity for a maximum of 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
