Otro is the platform. Independent specialists do the work.
Otro is an Australian platform that connects patients with AHPRA-registered specialists for independent written second opinions. Every review is prepared and signed by a named Australian specialist, and every report is reviewed by our Chief Medical Officer before it reaches you.
A serious second opinion has historically required a personal referral, weeks of waiting, and a second round of appointments many patients never end up attending. Otro exists to change that.
We are a privately held, Australian-owned platform with no commercial relationships to hospitals, insurers, pharmaceutical manufacturers, or device companies. That independence — the ownership kind — is what allows the specialists on the platform to give you an honest, conflict-free written opinion.
Two independent parties. One document.
Otro
Your specialist
Independence is about who owns the platform.
Second-opinion services are only as honest as their ownership. Otro is a privately held, Australian-owned company. We have no equity stake held by hospital groups. No in-kind arrangements with pharmaceutical manufacturers. No referral fees, no kickbacks, no sponsored listings on our reviewer panel.
That structural independence is what allows the specialists on the platform to give you a genuine second opinion. They are named in the report. They are accountable for the clinical content. And because nothing in our commercial model depends on them agreeing with your treating team, they don't have to.
For every case we run a conflict check: the reviewer confirms no prior treating relationship, no referring relationship, and no financial relationship with the parties involved in your current care. It's a small step. It is the one that makes the rest of the process meaningful.
Six principles we hold to, case by case.
Patient-led by default
You engage Otro directly. We do not take referrals from treating clinicians or hospitals that could compromise the opinion.
Specialist-signed reports
Every report is signed in the specialist’s own name, with specialty, fellowship, and AHPRA number disclosed.
CMO review, every case
Our Chief Medical Officer reviews every report before release — checking structure, clarity, and completeness, never the clinical conclusion.
Per-case conflict checks
Reviewers formally declare no treating, referring, or financial relationship with your care — every case.
Plain language, specialist rigour
Reports are readable by the patient and actionable for a GP. We hold reviewers to both standards.
Australian by default
Australian-qualified specialists, Australian data residency, Australian privacy law. No exceptions.
Named specialists. Consistent standards.
Your reviewer's identity and credentials are disclosed in the report itself — specialty, fellowship, hospital appointment, AHPRA registration. Because that's where a treating GP expects to read them, and because accountability starts with a name.
A short ownership register, on the record.
Any material change to this register will be published on this page, dated, before it takes effect.
Talk to a person before you submit, if you'd prefer.
A named specialist.
An independent platform.
Ten minutes to submit. Charged only when a specialist accepts.