Overview
The Related Providers section on a provider profile is a ranked list of the providers most connected to the one you're viewing.
Each card shows how the two providers are linked, across nine kinds of connections that run from shared patients to shared industry research. Use it to see who is likely to influence a target provider and to plan outreach around relationships that show up in the data.
In Scout AI or the MCP, you can narrow the list to the one connection type you care about, like fellowship, and take it straight into the next step in the same conversation, like checking procedure volume for the top connections or building a visit plan around them.
Who it's for:
Reps looking for a warm introduction to a hard-to-reach provider, or who want to see who a doctor they already know can introduce them to
Marketing teams building KOL strategy and fanning out from a known KOL to the providers around them
Account managers/Reps mapping who can influence whom around a key account
How to use it
In MedScout: Open any provider's profile and scroll down to the Related Providers section.
The top 20 connections load first. Select Load more to see the rest, up to 50.
From any card, open that provider's full profile or add them to a list without leaving the page.
Hover over any legend item to see what that connection means.
In Scout AI: Ask Scout AI who a provider is connected to, and it will give you this list. The fastest way to get to the answer!
With the MedScout MCP: Ask Claude about a provider by name or NPI, and it returns the same ranked list, with every connection for each person.
Example prompts:
Who's in their network: "Who's connected to Dr. Smith?" or "Who does Dr. Smith work closely with?"
Who has influence: "Who influences Dr. Smith?" or "If I land Dr. Smith, who else might follow?"
Planning visits and introductions: "Who else should I see when I visit Dr. Smith?" or "Who could introduce me to Dr. Smith?"
Checking one connection: "Is Dr. Lee connected to Dr. Smith?" or "How does Dr. Lee know Dr. Smith?"
Definitions
Patient Sharing: the two providers care for the same patients
Same Group: they practice in the same group
Same Site of Care: they work at the same office, clinic, or hospital
Trained With: same residency, fellowship, or internship program around the same time
Alumni: same medical school, graduated within three years of each other
Same Society: members of the same professional society
Shared Manufacturer Payments: paid by the same manufacturer for the same type of work
Shared Research Study: investigators on the same industry-funded study
Shared Company Ownership: hold, or held, an ownership stake in the same company
Shared patients: the actual number of patients both providers see
Good to know
Each card shows name, specialty, and location, plus a headline figure (shared patient count, or residency class year and school). It also names the specific society, study, or company behind each connection and, where the data supports it, gives a one-line reason such as "top referring provider" or "same primary facility."
The ranking combines five kinds of evidence into one closeness score: shared patients, shared workplaces (group, site, system, or ACO), training, research and industry programs, and society membership.
Recency drives most of the weight. Patients shared in the past year count for much more than patients shared a few years ago, and research ties gradually lose weight as they age. A connection inside a small practice also counts for more than one inside a large health system.
Providers who share patients with thousands of others, such as pathologists, are weighted down so they don't crowd the top of every list.
Only a provider's strongest patient-sharing ties are included, so one-off overlaps don't take up a slot.
Each provider's list holds their 50 strongest connections.
In the MCP, questions about referral volume, training history, or payment detail go to the referral, education, and Open Payments tools. The related providers tool doesn't filter on its own, but Claude can narrow the list by specialty or connection type when you ask.