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clinical utility

1. the extent to which diagnostic testing (e.g., genetic testing) is useful in facilitating beneficial health outcomes (e.g., preventing mortality, ameliorating morbidity and disability) from interventions that are initiated based on test results.

2. the extent to which the interventions themselves can be applied successfully and cost-effectively.

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March 17th 2025

paranoid delusion

paranoid delusion

loosely, any of a variety of false personal beliefs tenaciously sustained even in the face of incontrovertible evidence to the contrary. These include delusions of grandeur, delusional jealousy, or, most frequently, delusions of persecution.