unnecessary medical tests

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Cost Reminders Via CPOE Lead To Fewer Test Orders

Susan D. Hall | FierceHealthIT | April 17, 2013

Displaying the cost of a test via computerized provider order entry systems prompted a 9 percent reduction in the number of tests ordered, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine. Read More »

Costly Testing and Lifestyle are Increasing Health Care Costs

Shar Adams | The Epoch Times | May 29, 2012

Chronic disease and costly testing are two big contributors to health care costs in the United States, with many diseases being preventable and many medical tests being unnecessarily performed. Addressing both issues could produce much-needed savings, say health care professionals.

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Doctors Call Out 90 More Unnecessary Medical Tests, Procedures

Bruce Japsen | Forbes | February 21, 2014

Doctors, often criticized for ordering up unneeded tests and procedures that harm quality and add to the nation’s tab for medical care, are calling into question scores of tests and medical procedures, “highlighting potentially unnecessary – sometimes harmful – care provided in the U.S.,”  a group working with 25 medical societies said. Read More »

Fee Data May Deter Docs From Ordering Labs

Charles Bankhead | MedPage Today | April 15, 2013

Displaying the cost of a test to providers at the time of ordering led to a modest decrease in the number of orders for laboratory studies placed over a 6-month period, investigators reported. Read More »

The Biggest Mistake Doctors Make

Laura Landro | The Wall Street Journal | November 17, 2013

Misdiagnoses are harmful and costly. But they're often preventable. [...] Such devastating errors lead to permanent damage or death for as many as 160,000 patients each year, according to researchers at Johns Hopkins University. Read More »