VA Days-to-Appointment Metric
Optimizing for queue length over diagnosis depth turns clinicians into ticket-closers.
"We shortened the wait. We also shortened the medicine."
What is VA Days-to-Appointment Metric? Optimizing for queue length over diagnosis depth turns clinicians into ticket-closers. Single-metric accountability invites systematic gaming.
VA wait-time scandals tied to falsified scheduling.
Single-metric accountability invites systematic gaming.
Multi-dimensional outcome panels. Independent audit.
Flip the incentive. Watch the side-effect move.
Optimizing for queue length over diagnosis depth turns clinicians into ticket-closers. Caught in the wild: VA wait-time scandals tied to falsified scheduling.
In the room: Single-metric accountability invites systematic gaming.
Counter-move from the Atlas: Multi-dimensional outcome panels.
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- Anyone naming the pattern is treated as the problem.
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