To register, you must sign in on campus or through your library proxy. Once your account is active you can use VisualDx anywhere and everywhere.
Sign into VisualDx from a computer on campus.
Click Create a Personal Account and fill out the information to create a personal login account.
Search VisualDx in either the App Store or Google Play. Download and enter the username and password you created in Step #2. Congratulations, you’re ready to go!
Build a custom differential in seconds. VisualDx shows variations of disease to solve complex patient presentations.
Combine the world’s top medical image library and the exclusive Sympticon™ technology to visualize diseases, symptoms, and drug eruptions.
With VisualDx, get access to specialty-level knowledge at the point of care to reduce unnecessary referrals.
Share images and disease information with patients to build confidence and strengthen the patient-clinician relationship.
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For too long, patients with pigmented skin have been marginalized and faced worse outcomes than their peers with lighter skin colors. Textbooks, dermatology atlases, and other resources have traditionally underrepresented presentations of disease in people of color.
For over 20 years, VisualDx has been committed to providing a comprehensive resource for medical images across all skin types. We know the importance of helping healthcare professionals with the challenges and subtleties of recognizing skin changes in patients with darker skin pigmentation. Equally important is the ability to engage with patients of color by showing them images that look like them or the way a diagnosis manifests on dark skin. This can build confidence and trust—an essential part of practicing exemplary medicine.
VisualDx is committed to improving diagnosis in patients of color. We have curated an unmatched image library reflecting disease on all skin types and now we’ve added a feature to help you diagnose patients with darker skin types.
Your subscription to VisualDx includes access to our collection of pigmented skin images as well as our overall 47,000 medical image library and technology platform to aid in diagnosis, improve treatment decisions, and engage your patients.
"I love VisualDx. When I have a patient who has a particular skin or hair condition, like central centrifugal alopecia, I show them the pictures. Sometimes patients, once they see that other people have the condition they feel that they are not alone. So those pictures are just phenomenal. You can just see the sense of satisfaction and understanding from the patient."
"I use VisualDx because it increases my knowledge and confidence to ensure I am doing my best as a healthcare provider—which means I am able to provide better care for my patients."
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Our mobile quiz helps hone your visual diagnostic skills. Each quiz is 20 questions long. Choose a specialty to work on or choose all specialties for an added challenge. Each question is multiple choice. Check your score at the end and review any diagnoses you may have missed.
A 10-year-old girl was brought to the ED by her mother due to fever, headache, muscle aches, nausea, and a skin rash. On examination, the patient appeared ill with a temperature of 102°F (38.9°C). Numerous erythematous macules and some purpura were seen on her palms and soles. The patient was immunocompetent with an unremarkable medical history. Her mother recounted no recent travel but noted that the patient spent a day gardening with her grandmother approximately 1 week prior to the appearance of the rash and other symptoms. They lived in North Carolina. The mother wondered if this was an allergic response to contact with a toxic plant or a response to a bug bite.
Is it Human Anaplasmataceae infection, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Acute meningococcemia, or West Nile virus?
Can you diagnose the patient? Use the Differential Builder in VisualDx to help you.
