How to Reduce Overuse in Healthcare A Practical Guide

Reduce low-value care with this practical guide
Low-value care harms patients, overburdens healthcare professionals, threatens healthcare systems and damages the climate. How to Reduce Overuse in Healthcare: a practical guide is designed to provide practical guidance and tools for healthcare providers, their professional societies and policy makers developing programs to de-implement low-value or unnecessary care. This guide provides a five-step evidence and theory-based framework for developing and evaluating programs such as Choosing Wisely to reduce low-value care and improve patient outcomes.
How to Reduce Overuse in Healthcare: a practical guide readers will also find:
An author team involved in the leading Choosing Wisely international network
Detailed analysis of how to identify potential low-value care areas, select interventions and more
Practical, real-world examples at the end of each chapter illustrating examples of overuse and de-implementation
How to Reduce Overuse in Healthcare: a practical guide describes the state of the art in de-implementation for healthcare professionals, healthcare administrators and policy makers looking to reduce low-value care in a more effective and evidence-based way.