1. 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.

2. 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.