Almost none of the prescriptions you offer have any measurable impact on healthcare spend. Blood pressure readings -> performed by $18 Medical Assistants Step b

Almost none of the prescriptions you offer have any measurable impact on healthcare spend. Blood pressure readings -> performed by $18 Medical Assistants Step by step diagnosis -> office visits are < 4% of total healthcare spend etc. Now, what actually costs money is getting your spine surgery at Stanford rather than the outpatient clinic which costs more than getting physical therapy. It takes a person (often a doctor) to help guide a scared patient towards the most effective option, not the most expensive one. We, as patients, are not experts, so we choose the expensive option as the best proxy for quality. Computers can't engage in a meaningful discussion.