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CPOE alerts help to reduce unnecessary CT scans
Computerized physician order entry with decision-support alerts can help to curb unnecessary CT scans, according to new research published this week in JAMA Internal Medicine .
Cost reminders via CPOE lead to fewer test orders
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 .
CDS alerts reduce unnecessary tests for heart failure
Alerts generated to advise physicians that a test on heart failure patients already had been performed helped Lehigh Valley Health Network in Pennsylvania reduce unnecessary testing by 21 percent and save approximately $92,000 a year.
Heavy physician workload hurts patients
Attending physicians with excess patient encounters said they were more likely to order unnecessary tests, have poorer patient satisfaction and see worse patient outcomes.
Repeat testing could up costs, trigger more tests
Despite national efforts to curb unnecessary testing, half of older Medicare patients had a repeat heart, lung, stomach or bladder test within three years of an initial test.
Docs under threat of reimbursement cuts curb inappropriate imaging
A quality improvement effort that combining physician education with reimbursement dollars successfully curbed the practice of ordering inappropriate imaging tests, according to a study published this week in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology .
Unnecessary imaging for cancer patients persists
The threat of legal liability is a likely contributor to continued orders for unnecessary imaging tests, according to researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital Department of Radiology who
Mostashari: Study on e-access and medical imaging doesn't get all the facts
National Coordinator for Health IT Farzad Mostashari, M.D., wrote a scathing post Tuesday on the Health IT Buzz blog in response to the study published this week in Health Affairs that concluded that
Providers await rules to curb medical overuse
As the healthcare industry deals with the "medical gluttony" of unnecessary tests and procedures--as American Cancer Society Chief Medical Officer Otis Brawley called it--providers anxiously await
More research needed to curb unnecessary care, spending
Despite reports that doctors spend billions of dollars on unnecessary tests each year, the industry lacks adequate research on the overuse of healthcare services, according to research published in
