Stakeholders & Incentives
When you sit down with your doctor and describe your pain, it might feel like a private conversation. In many ways, it is. But the system that captures and stores that conversation was designed by many hands, shaped by many incentives, and is read by many eyes—most of which you’ll never see.
From Symptoms to Codes
You describe all of this to your doctor over 20 minutes. She listens carefully. She asks about your mood, checks your joints, orders some bloodwork to rule out thyroid problems and inflammatory arthritis. Then you leave.
What happens next?