How SIC works
Transparent Consult-Triage References
SIC is built as a clinician-facing educational reference, not an autonomous medical decision system.
Inputs
Clinician-Selected Facts
SIC does not ingest patient charts, images, labs, monitoring data, device signals, or EHR data. A clinician manually chooses the closest clinical situation, reviews the visible pathway, and decides whether the framing applies.
Rationale
Visible Basis For Each Suggestion
Each calculator endpoint and clinical page is designed to show the reason for the consult-triage suggestion, the practical consult question, and references when a claim needs support. The clinician should be able to independently review the basis rather than relying on a hidden model or score.
Limits
What SIC Does Not Do
- SIC does not diagnose, treat, prevent, cure, mitigate, predict, or monitor disease.
- SIC does not determine disposition, prescribe therapy, choose doses, or replace emergency pathways.
- SIC does not provide patient-specific medical advice.
- SIC does not replace clinical judgment, local protocols, institutional referral pathways, emergency stabilization, or specialty department recommendations.
Use
Consult Framing, Not Final Authority
The goal is to help clinicians ask a cleaner specialty question: what workup is usually useful first, which service may be the better first call, and what information makes the consult easier to answer. Local pathways and specialty recommendations always supersede SIC.
Educational tool only. SIC provides clinician-facing educational consult-triage references. SIC does not diagnose, treat, prevent, cure, or mitigate disease and is not a substitute for clinical judgment, local guidelines, institutional referral pathways, or recommendations from the relevant specialty department. See disclaimer.