I understand the situation you’re speaking of. I frequently copy my boss (a physician) on emails and cc’ing him opens his email to scrutiny, but I have never had a vendor take advantage of this to try and email him directly. If the vendor did, my boss would have the opportunity to correspond with him or ignore him. I try never to exclude a doc from any vendor contact if he wants it, and I assume he will block the vendor if he becomes a pest. Likewise I find the vendors who do end-runs around me to get to the doc are not worth working with and the docs agree. I find this policy keeps everything on the up and up. Having said this, I think everyone’s situation is unique, and what works for one may not be practical for another.

Thanks so much for the comment!

Mary Pat