# DenQAI: no pay to rank clinical autonomy

File-specific companion · 2026-09-10

## Purpose

Can a purchasing arrangement separate commercial funding from evaluation and preserve clinical choice?

**Who:** Governance owner, clinical lead, and independent conflict reviewer

**Records:** Commercial relationship disclosures; selection method; exception policy; complaints and correction records.

## Complete the file

1. Apply No pay to rank to every payment, sponsorship, referral, and data benefit.
2. Compare Clinical autonomy with the actual decision rights and practical exception process.
3. Document Evidence and correction responsibilities and test each Pause condition before relying on the arrangement.

## Definitions

- **Paid placement:** Prominence or position influenced by commercial payment.
- **Clinical exception:** A documented clinical reason to use a nonpreferred option.
- **Correction path:** Named process for challenging and repairing an incomplete or wrong record.

## Fictional example

Fictional example: A sponsor funds education; the relationship is labeled and does not alter the offer comparison or deny a clinician’s documented material exception.

## Review and next action

Resolve hidden influence or unclear clinical authority before selecting vendors or launching a program.

This Markdown document states an educational ideal; it is not evidence that DenQAI operates a vendor program or has implemented these controls.

[Related DenQAI guide](https://denqai.com/independent/governance)

## AI coach prompt

Help me use DenQAI’s no pay to rank clinical autonomy. My question is: Can a purchasing arrangement separate commercial funding from evaluation and preserve clinical choice? Explain these terms in plain language: Paid placement, Clinical exception, Correction path. Ask one question at a time about the required records: Commercial relationship disclosures; selection method; exception policy; complaints and correction records. Walk through the supplied fictional example before asking me for inputs. Treat every missing value as unknown, not zero. Do not invent source records, contract terms, legal conclusions, or clinical facts. Use only permitted fictional or aggregate, non-identifying information. Follow this boundary: This Markdown document states an educational ideal; it is not evidence that DenQAI operates a vendor program or has implemented these controls. End with the missing evidence and this next step: Resolve hidden influence or unclear clinical authority before selecting vendors or launching a program.

## AI review prompt

Review my permitted fictional or aggregate draft of DenQAI’s no pay to rank clinical autonomy against the file instructions. Check each required field and period, units, evidence locator, assumptions, arithmetic where formulas are actually supplied, and unresolved contradictions. Check the sequence: Apply No pay to rank to every payment, sponsorship, referral, and data benefit. Compare Clinical autonomy with the actual decision rights and practical exception process. Document Evidence and correction responsibilities and test each Pause condition before relying on the arrangement. Separate facts from assumptions and missing records. Do not supply unsupported numbers or make a professional decision for me. Apply this limitation: This Markdown document states an educational ideal; it is not evidence that DenQAI operates a vendor program or has implemented these controls. Return corrections, questions for the responsible reviewer, and the next action.