> When I ask for hard data on the surgeon’s actual success rate for this type of surgery, well, they don’t track that—but look, just trust me, the guy’s realllyyy good.
For good reason. Tracking of clinical outcomes is the wet dream of insurance companies. It's very toxic to the healthcare system, because it pushes practitioners to focus on easy cases where a good outcome is expected and causes major inequalities in access to healthcare.
I'm not saying the present situation is ideal, but for the system as a whole in its current form, tracking clinical outcomes is a very bad idea.
For good reason. Tracking of clinical outcomes is the wet dream of insurance companies. It's very toxic to the healthcare system, because it pushes practitioners to focus on easy cases where a good outcome is expected and causes major inequalities in access to healthcare.
I'm not saying the present situation is ideal, but for the system as a whole in its current form, tracking clinical outcomes is a very bad idea.