Clinical Decision Support In Action: Back Pain/Surgery Jack suffered with back pain for years, trying multiple treatments with little success. His doctor recently recommended surgery. Jack called Health Advocate.
Clinical Decision Support In Action: Back Pain/Surgery His Personal Health Advocate: Contacted his doctor to clarify his diagnosis and answered his questions about the surgery Suggested that he may want to consider being evaluated by a physiatrist to learn about any non-surgical options Helped to identify a specialist and formulate questions to ask at the appointment The physiatrist suggested a trial of injections. After six weeks, Jack’s back pain had improved.