The effectiveness of different types of interventions to reduce low-value care has been
insufficiently summarized to allow for translation to practice. This article systematically …

Routine daily laboratory testing of hospitalized patients reflects a wasteful clinical practice
that threatens the value of health care. Choosing Wisely initiatives from numerous …

Importance Overprescribing of opioids has generated and sustains the opioid overdose
epidemic. Health systems have a responsibility to lead the effort to reduce overprescribing …

Background: The number and complexity of clinical laboratory tests is rapidly expanding,
presenting primary care physicians with challenges in accurately, efficiently, and safely …

Orthopedic procedures represent a large expense to the Medicare program, and costs of
implantable medical devices account for a large proportion of those procedures' costs …

Health care prices are opaque, and patients and clinicians are equally in the dark about
them. As Americans enroll in high-deductible health plans at unprecedented rates, the …

Many diagnostic errors are associated with laboratory testing, and many of these are
preventable. However, a reduction in testing-related diagnostic errors (TDE) is hindered by …

Objectives To describe the application of nudges within electronic health records (EHRs)
and their effects on inpatient care delivery, and identify design features that support effective …

Background Studies addressing the appropriateness of laboratory testing have revealed
approximately 20% overutilization. We conducted a narrative review to (1) describe current …

Laboratory medicine is the single highest volume medical activity in healthcare and demand
for laboratory testing is increasing disproportionately to medical activity. It has been …