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Data included HINTS performance rates, documentation completeness, clinician specialty\/seniority and impact on neuroimaging decisions. Diagnostic metrics were compared with MRI, and we assessed whether combining \u2018central\u2019 HINTS with an ABCD\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      score \u22654 improved test characteristics.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Of 322 patients, fully performed HINTS examinations were completed in 42% of emergency department, 40% of neurology, 18% of general medicine and 93% of physiotherapy encounters. Documentation completeness ranged from 30% (general medicine) to 89% (physiotherapy). Sensitivity for central causes was low (21.4% in emergency, 58.8% in physiotherapy), and inter\u2010rater agreement was poor (\u03ba\u2009=\u20090.10). HINTS rarely altered MRI ordering, except in physiotherapy. Combining a central HINTS with an ABCD\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      score \u22654 improved specificity but reduced sensitivity.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>HINTS was under\u2010utilised and inconsistently interpreted and demonstrated lower accuracy in this study compared with previous studies involving neurology specialists. 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