Background Educational meetings are used widely by health personnel to provide
continuing medical education and to promote implementation of innovations or translate …

Importance Increasing health care expenditures are taxing the sustainability of the health
care system. Physicians should be prepared to deliver high-value, cost-conscious care …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Physicians are under increased pressure to help control rising
health care costs, though they lack information regarding cost implications of patient care …

Background Over-ordering of daily laboratory tests adversely affects patient care through
hospital-acquired anaemia, patient discomfort, burden on front-line staff and unnecessary …

Methods We conducted a pre-post analysis of the effect of an audit and feedback curriculum
using billing data on the knowledge and attitudes of 88 categorical internal medicine …

The ever-increasing cost of health care is reason for every American to be concerned. In
2008, for example, healthcare expenditures in the United States reached $2.4 trillion, 2 …

Aim Cost awareness has been proposed as a strategy for curbing the continued rise of
healthcare costs. However, most physicians are unaware of the cost of diagnostic tests, and …

Background: The clinical teaching unit is a widespread clinical training model that requires
reform to prepare physicians for practice in the 21st century. In this systematic review, we …

Background: Frequent laboratory testing may be necessary at times for critically ill patients.
However, the practice of indiscriminate laboratory test ordering is common. Purpose: The …

BACKGROUND Studies have demonstrated that physicians are often unaware of
prescription drug, laboratory, diagnostic, and surgical supply costs. OBJECTIVE To …