Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
When a urologist receives a referral for a high PSA, there is a built-in financial incentive to act.
The standard of care is not the same thing as the best care. It is simply what a group of physicians with the same information have agreed to do consistently. That consensus is shaped as much by liability and reimbursement as it is by evidence.
A urologist who sends a patient home without a biopsy carries the medico-legal risk of a missed diagnosis. You need to understand that dynamic before you walk into that consultation room.
Catch this episode of Intellectual Medicine and go into your next appointment knowing exactly what you are up against.
#MedicalOvertreatment #PatientAdvocacy #ProstateScreening #HealthAutonomy #MensHealthFacts
When a urologist receives a referral for a high PSA, there is a built-in financial incentive to act.
The standard of care is not the same thing as the best care. It is simply what a group of physicians with the same information have agreed to do consistently. That consensus is shaped as much by liability and reimbursement as it is by evidence.
A urologist who sends a patient home without a biopsy carries the medico-legal risk of a missed diagnosis. You need to understand that dynamic before you walk into that consultation room.
Catch this episode of Intellectual Medicine and go into your next appointment knowing exactly what you are up against.
#MedicalOvertreatment #PatientAdvocacy #ProstateScreening #HealthAutonomy #MensHealthFacts
