WHITEGLOVEMD

For hospital & cardiac-program leaders

A clear second-opinion pathway starts with the patient.

WHITEGLOVEMD currently provides patient-authorized independent record review: a cardiac surgeon and cardiologist review the required records and imaging independently, then co-sign one patient-facing report.

Any hospital-specific workflow begins with discovery. Share only a brief, non-sensitive use-case summary on the public request form.

A clinical team working together in an operating room
PATIENT-CENTERED BY DESIGNThe report belongs in the next treating-team conversation.Illustrative clinical setting

Capability before configuration

Separate what exists today from what must be defined together.

The current clinical service is concrete. A hospital-specific pathway is a separate question that requires clinical and operational discovery.

AVAILABLE TODAY

Patient-authorized independent review

The patient enters the current service, authorizes the record process, and receives the co-signed written opinion.

  • Required records and imaging organized around the clinical question
  • Independent cardiac surgery and cardiology review
  • One written report for the patient’s next conversation
DISCOVERY REQUIRED

Any organization-specific workflow

No hospital-specific process is represented here as ready to use. Its scope, responsibilities, safeguards, and handoff would first need to be understood and defined.

Discuss the use case

The current review

One defined path from authorization to written opinion.

  1. 01

    Patient authorization

    The patient authorizes collection and review before medical records or imaging enter the process.

  2. 02

    Case preparation

    The required records and imaging are gathered, organized, and checked for the clinical question.

  3. 03

    Independent review

    A cardiac surgeon and cardiologist review the required materials independently through their respective clinical lenses.

  4. 04

    One written opinion

    The two perspectives are reconciled into one patient-facing report that both reviewing physicians co-sign.

See the patient review process
WHITEGLOVE Insights™ILLUSTRATIVE STRUCTURE
NO PATIENT DATA
INDEPENDENT CARDIAC SECOND OPINION

One record.
Two perspectives.
One report.

Patient-facing written opinionCo-signed by both reviewing physicians

The clinical deliverable

A report designed to support—not replace—the treating relationship.

The written opinion organizes the materials reviewed, the two physician perspectives, and the questions that remain with the treating team.

01

Clinical picture

The diagnosis, testing, imaging, relevant history, and proposed plan reflected in the materials reviewed.

02

Two perspectives

Cardiac surgery and cardiology reasoning applied independently to the same clinical question.

03

Tradeoffs and uncertainty

Reasonable considerations, limitations, missing information, and areas that remain uncertain.

04

Next questions

Focused questions for the patient’s next conversation with the treating team.

View a sample report

A useful first conversation

Begin with the clinical use case—not a predetermined solution.

Discovery should establish whether there is a responsible, patient-centered fit before any organization-specific workflow is described.

01

Clinical fit

Which patient-requested cardiac decisions would be appropriate for an independent record review?

02

Ownership

Who would explain the pathway, support authorization, and remain accountable for the treating relationship?

03

Handoff

How should the patient use the report with the clinicians who know, examine, and treat them?

04

Requirements

Which privacy, legal, clinical, and operational questions must be resolved before defining a program-specific process?

Clinical & privacy boundaries

Keep the limits as clear as the service.

01

Treating care stays with the treating team.

WHITEGLOVEMD provides educational decision support based on the materials reviewed. Treating clinicians remain responsible for examination, diagnosis, candidacy, prescriptions, emergency care, and treatment.

02

Keep medical information off the public form.

Submit only a brief, non-sensitive summary. Do not send records or sensitive medical details through the call-request form; the team will explain the appropriate next step if materials are needed.

03

Urgent symptoms require local care.

WHITEGLOVEMD is not an emergency service. Call 911 or seek immediate local emergency care for a possible medical emergency.

Hospital leader questions

Define the starting point clearly.

These answers distinguish the current patient service from a workflow that would require organization-specific discovery.

01

What capability is available today?

WHITEGLOVEMD currently provides patient-authorized independent medical-record review. A cardiac surgeon and cardiologist review the required records and imaging, then co-sign one patient-facing written report.

02

Is a hospital-specific workflow already defined?

No. Any organization-specific pathway would begin with discovery of the clinical use case, patient authorization process, responsibilities, handoff, and applicable privacy, legal, clinical, and operational requirements.

03

Does the report replace the treating team’s judgment?

No. The review is educational decision support based on the materials provided. Treating clinicians remain responsible for examination, diagnosis, candidacy, prescriptions, emergency care, and treatment.

Start with one use case

Bring the clinical question. Define what is real.

Request a discovery call to separate current capability from the work an organization-specific pathway would require.