About half of the patients making up the 397 cases reported they would recommend the service to a friend, and nearly 60 percent reported the CrowdMed diagnostic process, which crowdsources medical expertise from a range of professionals that patients may otherwise not have access to, gave them insights that led them closer to a correct diagnosis.
The authors concluded that although patients report overall positive improvements associated with use of CrowdMed’s platform, further development of crowdsourcing methods to facilitate diagnosis requires longer-term evaluation.
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