Re:What happens when patients find out how good their doctor...
by nradov on Monday December 04, 2017 @10:18AM
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You've got to be kidding. Providers are never going to do the extra work to anonymize data and compile the reports you're looking for. We already have a shortage of providers. Who exactly do you think is going to pay for that extra work? I've dealt with clinical records firsthand and in the general case it's simply impossible to automate anonymization. Plus coding all those qualifiers and mitigating factors takes a huge amount of time.
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Re:What happens when patients find out how good their doctor...
by tinokid on Monday December 04, 2017 @10:45AM
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>Who exactly do you think is going to pay for that extra work?
If it puts out of business doctors and facilities (perhaps even specialties?) whose patients agree to care based on grossly inaccurate understandings of their track record, then it would more than pay for itself.