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Difficulty verifying medical necessity of doctor recommendations

💚 healthsocial problemSingle report ●●●●● severity 4/5

The reporter is concerned about how to determine if medical recommendations for surgeries, tests, or medications are based on clinical necessity or if the doctor is fulfilling sales targets.

Who's affected: The reporter

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What people do today

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Ideas a builder, maker or community group could start on:

  1. A patient-facing platform that provides independent, evidence-based clinical guidelines for common procedures to help patients cross-reference doctor recommendations.
  2. A secure, anonymous reporting and data-aggregation tool for patients to track and identify patterns of over-prescription or unnecessary testing by specific clinics.
  3. A standardized 'decision aid' template that doctors must sign, documenting the specific clinical evidence and guidelines supporting a recommended surgery or test.
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Real voices

“How can I know a doctor is completing its target in sales for medicine or surgeries or tests recommendation or following medical protocols?”

Source: Stack Exchange (health) · CC BY-SA 4.0, user-contributed content from Stack Exchange; summarized and modified

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