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by dghlsakjg 953 days ago
It sounds like the algorithm in question was designed by a committee of experts to make a better triage process. Given that the previous process for deciding who gets an organ sounded a lot like individual doctors just picking patients based on proximity and how good the patient advocacy was, I think this is a much fairer alternative.

At the end of the day, triage is always a hard thing to do, but it is based in the idea of optimizing for the best global outcome at the expense of specific individual outcomes.

I personally would have no qualms about implementing the algorithm design in code (the organ score is going to be computed by hand or computed by code regardless, might as make a tool that saves time and mistakes), and would have no problem participating in the algorithm design if I had the appropriate expertise.

At the end of the day I'd rather live in a world where there is a known, predictable process for these decisions instead of an informal network of professionals making game-time decisions.