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The journey to diagnosis for patients, particularly those living with complex health conditions remains challenging for patients, their loved ones, and their physicians. As frontline experts on the diseases and conditions affecting their lives, patients and family caregivers have many meaningful insights.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, Rare Patient Voice<\/a> LLC, a patient recruitment firm, and MediFind<\/a>, a digital health platform, published a report examining the state of the diagnostic odyssey for patients with complex diseases. “The Long and Winding Road to Care: Today’s Journey to Diagnosis and Treatment for Patients Living with Complex Diseases, including Rare Diseases’<\/a>‘ is based on a late 2021 survey of over 1,200 patients living with a wide range of complex diseases and conditions. All of the respondents are members of the Rare Patient Voice<\/a> community in the United States.<\/p>\n

The report reveals progress towards overall improvements in the patient journey being made, but unevenly, across disease types and other demographics. On average, patients report seeing four different doctors before getting correctly diagnosed. This number jumps to almost six different doctors when the patient has a rare disease. One of the key takeaway areas from the report pertains to how patients find specialists for their disease.<\/p>\n

While general health consumers prioritize insurance coverage as the most important factor when choosing a doctor, both physicians and those living with complex disease (that is, a serious, life-threatening, or rare disease) overwhelmingly prioritize clinical expertise in their conditions. For these patients, insurance coverage, appointment availability, location, provider ratings and reviews, and even reputation of the health system are not near the top of the list. Unfortunately, patients, and doctors, in many cases, have no clear way of judging clinical expertise.<\/p>\n

For patients, the recommendation of their primary care physician is key in selecting a specialist. Primary care physicians base their recommendation to specialists on perceived clinical expertise. However, there is no clear methodology for how clinical expertise is judged.<\/p>\n

How does clinical expertise drive specialist choice?<\/p>\n

\u25cb\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 55% of rare disease patients say clinical expertise is the most important factor when choosing their doctor, as opposed to 47% of complex disease patients<\/p>\n

\u25cb\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 88% of primary care doctors say medical skill is of great importance when selecting to whom they will refer patients, although how doctors practically evaluate such skill remains unclear<\/p>\n

\u25cb\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Factors such as location, quality of online ratings and reviews, and even health system reputation trail markedly in terms of importance when choosing a provider<\/p>\n

Provider referrals still rule in terms of finding a skilled specialist, regardless of disease category. Patients find their doctor through multiple paths, but nearly half of patients found the doctor who correctly diagnosed them through a referral from another doctor, while 20% of patients did so through their own research. Both figures remain stable over time, as patients implicitly trust the long-standing referral process.<\/p>\n

When we look specifically at patients living with a rare condition, physician referral is still the number one way that patients find their doctor. However, there is also a large jump in the percentage who find their doctor through their own research (going from 18% for non-rare patients to 24% for rare patients), indicating some potential dissatisfaction with the referral process.<\/p>\n

The fact that referral is still the dominant way that patients find doctors may not be surprising. In fact, both doctors and patients report medical\/clinical expertise as the most important factor in choosing a physician. In the case of doctors, they\u2019re choosing the specialist to whom to refer patients. While \u201cDr. Google\u201d is a common source for information gathering, when it comes to specialized care, patients want referrals from a trusted resource. They also need to know that the specialist is someone who can genuinely help. Working together, patients and physicians can find the right specialists for their indication.<\/p>\n

Pam Cusick, a research professional with more than 30 years\u2019 expertise in study design, implementation, and analysis, is Senior Vice President at <\/em>Rare Patient Voice<\/em><\/a>. Her background in public health communications and research, coupled with her passion for patient advocacy, dovetail with Rare Patient Voice\u2019s mission to empower patients and caregivers to share their voices with researchers and companies developing products, devices, and treatments to improve lives. Pam earned a BA in Psychology from Sweet Briar College and a MA in Psychology from the New School for Social Research. She is Past-President of the Board of Directors and Scientific Advisory Council Lead for the Horses and Humans Research Foundation.<\/em><\/p>\n

Not a member of the Society?\u00a0 Please consider joining here:\u00a0https:\/\/participatorymedicine.org\/memberships\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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