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Here is a straightforward use - patient visits the testing center and states their symptoms. Testing center runs the tests. Then the patient shows up in your of

Here is a straightforward use - patient visits the testing center and states their symptoms. Testing center runs the tests. Then the patient shows up in your office, most likely with the labs you'd have ordered already complete. Saves an hour of your (very expensive) time. If ExpectedValue[Unnecessary Test] < Cost of doctor prescribing tests, this is a win.

dhimes 12y ago
That could be the flowchart now where I work if the docs wanted it. It they allowed it, I could walk into the testing center that's already there- and do things exactly as you say. As it is, for my predictable appointments this is exactly what I do.