help me find a "good doctor"
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Here are my slides for my #MedX keynote on Sept. 6, 2014. These may change before delivery.TRANSCRIPT
HELP ME FIND A ‘GOOD’ DOCTORCharles Ornstein
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How did you pick your doctor?
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We all want the “Top Doctor”
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But…
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Can we use data to solve this?
YES!** With sufficient caveats + context
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What data can tell us
• Whether our doctor has financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies that make the drugs we take.
• How our doctor’s prescribing habits compares to other doctors in the same specialty and state.
• What services and treatments our doctor performs most and how those compare.
• Who is in our doctor’s referral network.
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Dollars for Docs
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Searching for a doctor
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What we found
Dr. Jon W. Draud, the medical director of psychiatric and addiction medicine at two Tennessee hospitals, earned more than $1 million for delivering promotional talks and consulting for seven drug companies in less than four years.
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Personalized checklist for patients
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More of the checklist
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OK, so my doctor gets pharma $$...
Is he/she prescribing me drugs based on that?
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Prescriber Checkup
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Treatment Tracker
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How your doctor compares
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What we need
•Data on all payments from drug/device companies to doctors.
•Characteristics of each provider’s practice (age range/gender of patients, illnesses, dual eligible status)
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What we need
•Opportunities for meaningful physician comments with the data—both to correct errors and provide context.
•Meaningful patient interaction and questions.
•What am I missing?
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Final thoughts
• Industry data sets are intended for industry audiences. But why stop there? @ProPublica makes the data *useful* for everyone. #medx
•Consumers trying to get the best health care for themselves and their loved ones need better data. #medx
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