The word "diagnostic" is a correct and usable word in written English.
It can be used to refer to the process of identifying a problem or the set of tests that determine the presence or absence of a disease. For example, "The doctor ordered a series of diagnostic tests to assess my condition."
It was decided that one of the executive directors should step in "as a kind of diagnostic, to figure out what the heck was going on".
Hockey made the comments during a radio interview on Thursday as he continued to push the case for the tough measures outlined in the Abbott government's first budget, including a new $7 co-payment to visit a GP or access out-of-hospital pathology and diagnostic imaging services from July next year.
Consultants work with teams; it would affect every level of clinical staff, and the staff of all the diagnostic and other technical services that support surgical and non-surgical care; it could even lead to a fall in the quality of care overall.
Based on the data it has seen, the World Health Organisation has said that the vaccine should not be seen as a replacement for existing preventative, diagnostic and treatment measures.
The conclusive diagnostic tests are highly convenient; attendants' claims about the healing powers of Tiens products may well be reassuring; many patients say the fact the medicines travelled thousands of miles from China suggest they must work.
He just wishes, he says, that he could finish the treatment and be fully cured of his kidney problems as well as the other health conditions detected by the diagnostic test he underwent.
The two main malaria diagnosis tools used in the field – the so-called rapid diagnostic tests and microscopy – were neither expensive nor difficult to use.
Will be charged a new co-payment of $7 for each visit a GP or use of out-of-hospital pathology or diagnostic imaging services.
In terms of routine malaria testing, there was no urgent need for a new diagnostic tool.
"This could lead to a diagnostic where people go annually to their doctor and get their viral history recorded.
Medical applications of new diagnostic technologies like this are highly regulated, and Google could face tough challenges in proving the safety and efficacy of the nanoparticle platform.
