1. The N=1 positive result isn't the sole basis for expanded effort. The basis the is the compelling, research backed, causal mechanism that predicted the scheduling adjustment's success.
2. Does it? Speaking directly out of my butt here (not in healthcare, not an academic), but the OP spoke of pretty acute symptoms specific to a treatment plan. If the treatment program is at all common, then a very straightforward A/B split of non-intervention / intervention.
Heck, even a questionnaire of past patients cross-referenced with historical records of appointment times could go a long way to validate the hypothesis.
3. This degree of specialization is for insects. If literal MDs in the field are too atomized to even surface research proposals, then that feels like an awful waste of edge-research capability.
Not how it works. Doctors have wide latitude to treat patient based on their personal medical intuition. You already have doctors dosing patients at all times of day. If an A/B test shows evening is optimal, all the morning administrators will not suddenly become liable retroactively. Hell, they wont even be liable if they keep doing it in the morning because it fits their schedule better.
2. Does it? Speaking directly out of my butt here (not in healthcare, not an academic), but the OP spoke of pretty acute symptoms specific to a treatment plan. If the treatment program is at all common, then a very straightforward A/B split of non-intervention / intervention.
Heck, even a questionnaire of past patients cross-referenced with historical records of appointment times could go a long way to validate the hypothesis.
3. This degree of specialization is for insects. If literal MDs in the field are too atomized to even surface research proposals, then that feels like an awful waste of edge-research capability.