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Symptom Checker No Match for Office Visit, Bisson Says

Updated December 19, 2016 This content is archived.

Online symptom checkers have “limited accuracy” and should not substitute for a history and physical exam by a health care provider, says Leslie J. Bisson, MD, chair of the Department of Orthopaedics, commenting on a study conducted by researchers at Harvard Medical School.

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