4K Sales

In the lab for my annual physical blood work on Friday, I asked the tech if she had any request to draw samples for 4K. She said no and added that they wouldn't even know where to send it. The good news was she said I was the third patient to ask about 4K Score that week and she'd looked into it as a result. Genuinely pleased to know there was an alternative to "unnecessary biopsies" (her words), I felt I found where our best "sales reps" will be most effective. Anyone going for a checkup, please ask the lab techs about 4K. The ones that really care about what they do will pass it on.

i doubt the hospitals would like or even allow their techs to suggest procedures. But,...in the privacy of the operatory, with the lab tech, an informative, casual conversation breaks no rules.

No, no, you know as much as I do. I could be wrong. To my thinking a casual exchange like: (patient)" if my PSA is high, my doctor wants me to have a biopsy" to which the response would hopefully be, "oh, there's an alternative now you may want to look into". Won't take too much, if you're the one about t to get plinked you're listening hard to suggestions.
C'mon Giovana, one more and you're ranked. Welcome, there's lots of good info!

Perhaps only necessary for 20% of people he sees? That seems to me that it would make sense since not everyone is a candidate.