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The STARD Initiative

Drummond Rennie, MD

JAMA. 2003;289:89-90.

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Authors preparing reports for THE JOURNAL on the accuracy of diagnostic tests will notice a change in our Instructions for Authors.¹ They will be referred to a checklist and flow diagram for a study of diagnostic accuracy on the JAMA Web site (http://www.jama.com) and to a statement about this checklist and flow diagram,² as well as a background document,³ both of which are being published simultaneously in Clinical Chemistry and are available without charge at http://www.clinchem.org/cgi/content/full/49/1/1 and http://www.clinchem.org/cgi/content/full/49/1/7. A statement will also be published in other journals in laboratory medicine, as well as in Radiology, another journal that often publishes evaluations of tests, and it is free from copyright restrictions. Those desiring to do so may publish and use it freely.

In 1999, JAMA published a report by Lijmer et al⁴ that drew attention to the poor state of such reporting, many such . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Author Affiliations: Dr Rennie is Deputy Editor, JAMA.

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