Samuel: Tell me, what is it about the peer to peer reviews that makes
you continue to engage with them?
Rodriguez: You know, the peer peer review is integral part of M.D. Anderson
Cancer Network. One of those benefits that you have the certified physician,
for example. I mean, we already in Premiere Health, we provide excellent care
on quality for our patients. But sometimes, as you know, you have, these cases
are very uncommon across your practice. And you know what to do with them. I
mean, as a surgeon. But it's always great to have to approach one of the M.D.
Anderson surgeons and ask a peer to peer question and review what you will do
in this case.
So it's always great to have that positive feedback that their
plans for neoadjuvant treatment or adjuvant treatment for your cancer patients
is the same trend that you have. So I think the peer to peer review is an
excellent benefit.
Samuel: Leading into that. I hear about the that Premiere Health has
concordance studies. Can you talk a little bit about them and why they're
important?
Rodriguez: This is very similar to the peer to peer and so they agree that
is one of those benefits that when you use it is different. You increase and
nudge your patient care and quality. So the concordance study is that review
your charts and implementation and what do you do with patients, right? And
they compare your pathway of cares with their pathway of cares. They tell you,
Hey, you are not doing bronchoscopy in all your patient. You the 90% patient
with everybody show, have a bronchoscopy. So or you are not documenting what
carnival you are taking, for example. So that helped that to be able that to
that, you're sure that you're doing everything that should be done in cancer
care. So in the concordance study, then we compare how is our pathway of care?
And we reinforce that we're doing the correct things for our patients. So keep
our metrics, our quality, yeah, in the perfect path.
Samuel: And so is this part of the ongoing method that they use to make
sure that the physician continues to be and meet those metrics of being a
certified MD Anderson Network Physician?
Rodriguez: Yes. So naturally, I need to provide some charts every so often
and then they review and they grade you. Hey, how you doing? You forgot to
mention some lymph nodes in your documentation. Anyhow that you did it, but
documentation that's important sometimes as patient care. Right? So how do you
document things this part of your quality and your metrics. So. And then you
change the way that you document it. So I think the concordance is very, very
important.
Samuel: So basically what you're saying is they look at your charting
based on the patient's diagnosis. Looking that you're giving the patient the
correct procedure and that you're documenting it appropriately and basically
ultimately giving the patient the best care that you as the phenomenal
cardiothoracic surgeon can do.
Rodriguez: Correct, yes. So they want to be sure that you are following the
guidelines and the protocols for the best cancer care for our patients. So you
get graded, you keep the good grades and you continue to be a certified
physician.
Samuel: Well, Dr. Rodriguez, thank you for your time and giving us some
insight into what it means to be a certified physician with M.D. Anderson
Cancer Network.
Rodriguez: Thank you. It was a pleasure to talk to you.
