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When Negative Cultures Lie: The Hidden Cost of Diagnostic Blind Spots
When a culture comes back negative, most clinicians take it at face value. But a negative result is only as reliable as the method used to obtain it.
When a culture comes back negative, most clinicians take it at face value. But a negative result is only as reliable as the method used to obtain it.

When Antibiotics Miss the Mark Prescribe Responsibly · Episode 2
A conversation with Tami Burdick, Patient Advocate and Author of Diagnosis Detective: Curing Granulomatous Mastitis.
A conversation with Tami Burdick, Patient Advocate and Author of Diagnosis Detective: Curing Granulomatous Mastitis.

How Arkstone saves healthcare payers billions by eliminating unnecessary prescriptions
Most patients never know how often the right antibiotic is a guess. A faster, more confident answer changes everything for the patient, the clinician, and the hospital.
Most patients never know how often the right antibiotic is a guess. A faster, more confident answer changes everything for the patient, the clinician, and the hospital.

Managing Antimicrobial Resistance Without On-Site Specialists
Modern diagnostics are everywhere, but infectious disease expertise is not, leaving community hospitals to make high-stakes decisions without a specialist in the room.
Modern diagnostics are everywhere, but infectious disease expertise is not, leaving community hospitals to make high-stakes decisions without a specialist in the room.

Why Good Doctors Prescribe Bad Antibiotics
Unnecessary prescribing often stems from psychology and system friction rather than ignorance, suggesting that better systems could make the right treatment easier to choose.
Unnecessary prescribing often stems from psychology and system friction rather than ignorance, suggesting that better systems could make the right treatment easier to choose.
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