How the Doctor Match Program Helps Mesothelioma Patients

The Doctor Match program at Asbestos.com, we locate doctors in a certain vicinity closest to the patient that have a specialty in mesothelioma. As a provider and what I've experienced is that Missy and Jose and the medical outreach team go to the ends of the earth to help patients get to care. And they think critically about all aspects of the patient's needs, including where they're located, what their constraints are, what their, concerns are. And it seems to be very individualized and I've been impressed with how organized and thoughtful the approach is to helping these patients. I try to listen to what the patient wants and then develop a specialist for them to see based off of their specific needs. We've developed contacts across the last 12 years, so we've really built a lot of relationships with these doctors. We've come to know their processes. We know how to fast track their, appointment booking. We know how to fast track their registration process. We know how to fast track getting their medical records sent to the specialist, which is the most important. I know when they reach out and work with our team, they know who to contact. They're incredibly professional in helping coordinate, collecting records and sending those records in and helping the Patient Advocate for themselves to make sure that tests are done in a timely fashion, to make sure appointments are obtained in a timely fashion. Their mission is to help these patients, and I find having that sort of navigation and support at such a vulnerable time is really critical.