Diagnostic Testing - Accurate Disease Identification

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What is a diagnostic test?

Typically, your doctor is referring to a diagnostic test, sometimes known also as a diagnostic procedure or tool. These are commonly used to confirm or rule out a condition or disease. They’re part of a continuum of care that can include screening, diagnosis, treatment and management of that condition or disease.

Why do I need a diagnostic test?

Getting results from these tests allows both your doctor and you and the important people in your life to learn information about your body. This will allow the two of you to make an informed decision on what the next steps should be. There are two different types of diagnostic tests you could receive, either invasive or non-invasive .

How should providers use diagnostic tests?

Providers should utilize diagnostic tests with the proper level of confidence in the results derived from known sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive values (PPV), negative predictive values (NPV), positive likelihood ratios, and negative likelihood ratios.

How does diagnostic testing work?

Diagnostic testing may occur in successive rounds of information gathering, integration, and interpretation, as each round of information refines the working diagnosis.

What Is Diagnostic Testing

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