{"id":15859,"date":"2017-04-17T11:07:15","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T01:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=15859"},"modified":"2024-07-01T04:36:49","modified_gmt":"2024-06-30T18:36:49","slug":"88-percent-of-mayo-clinic-referrals-for-2nd-opinion-get-new-diagnosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=15859","title":{"rendered":"88 percent of Mayo Clinic referrals for 2nd opinion get new diagnosis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DoctorPatientConsultation.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-15860\" src=\"http:\/\/tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DoctorPatientConsultation-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Doctor Patient Consultation\" width=\"773\" height=\"515\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nNow THIS is interesting data I did not have.<br \/>\nMany patients come to Mayo Clinic for a second opinion or diagnosis confirmation before treatment for a complex condition. In a new study, Mayo Clinic reports that as many as 88 percent of those patients go home with a new or refined diagnosis \u2013 changing their care plan and potentially their lives. Conversely, only 12 percent receive confirmation that the original diagnosis was complete and correct.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org\/discussion\/mayo-clinic-researchers-demonstrate-value-of-second-opinions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">http:\/\/newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org\/discussion\/mayo-clinic-researchers-demonstrate-value-of-second-opinions\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now THIS is interesting data I did not have. Many patients come to Mayo Clinic for a second opinion or diagnosis confirmation before treatment for a complex condition. In a new study, Mayo Clinic reports that as many as 88 percent of those patients go home with a new or refined diagnosis \u2013 changing their &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=15859\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;88 percent of Mayo Clinic referrals for 2nd opinion get new diagnosis&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15859"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52272,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15859\/revisions\/52272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}