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VisualDx now available!

Penn Libraries is excited to announce the addition of VisualDX to our collection. VisualDx is a diagnostic clinical decision support system designed to enhance diagnostic accuracy, aid therapeutic decisions, and improve patient safety.

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Penn Libraries is excited to announce the addition of VisualDX to our collection. VisualDx is a diagnostic clinical decision support system designed to enhance diagnostic accuracy, aid therapeutic decisions, and improve patient safety. Spanning over 3,000 diseases and including 40,000+ images across all skin types, ages, and variations of disease presentation, clinicians can quickly build a custom differential diagnosis across general medicine or use the powerful search function to access patient-specific clinical information. VisualDx’s extensive repository of high-quality medical images is also the largest atlas for skin of color.

VisualDx conveniently links out to UptoDate and Pubmed for further information for each disease/condition record.  

Access can be through the web or via a mobile app on your smartphone or tablet. Here is how you can set up your mobile access: 

  1. Visit VisualDx Create a Personal Account and fill out the information to create a personal login account. 
  2. For mobile: search VisualDx in either the App Store or Google Play. 
  3. Download to your mobile device and enter the username and password you created in Step #2.

For more information about VisualDX, please contact Melanie Cedrone.

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June 2, 2023

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