To be sure, there is already a wealth of medical information on the Internet and a huge collection of textbooks, scientific reports and medical journals can be accessed with the click of a mouse. The difference is that a user of Moses' site actually interacts with the computer program. Another neurologist, who asked for anonymity, said he found the survey to be too long and unwieldy. The number of questions is so long that the number of people who would actually work through it is small. I think there might be substantial inaccuracies caused by waning attention.
Some patients are also wary of diagnosis by computer.
Chicago attorney Dimitri Christopolous, who has suffered from severe headaches for years, took the survey but was skeptical of the result. I wouldn't trust any diagnosis I got from a computer survey. Moses said the survey should not be used as a substitute for visiting a doctor. It should be used as a tool to help get the patient to the right doctor and help the doctor narrow the possibilities. It gives the doctor a short list.