Overview
Principles of high value care should be incorporated in everyday clinical practice. This component provides ways to help you outline the management plan for your patients.
Abstract and learning objectives
- Laine C. High-value testing begins with a few simple questions. Ann Intern Med. 2012;156:162–163.
- High-Value Diagnostic Testing and Screening. This slide set helps to consolidate your knowledge of evidence-based medicine and high-value care at the time of ordering common tests (disregard slides 16 + 18).
Create buy-in with hospital leadership in surgical sustainability
Download and review Creating Buy-in with Hospital Leadership in Surgical Sustainability PowerPoint. Jimmy Chung, MD, MBA, FACS.
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- Choose Wisely. ABIM Foundation.
This is a supplemental resource to add depth to your development regarding value in patient care. - Dell Med Value Based Care Module Course 1A, Module 3, Sections 1–8.
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For a patient that you cared for, try to complete these questions:
- What test is being ordered?
- Did the patient have this test previously? If so, what is the indication for repeating it? Is the result of a repeated test likely to be substantively different from the last result?
- If it was done recently elsewhere, could you access the result instead of repeating the test?
- Will the test result change the care of the patient?
- What is the probability and potential adverse consequences of a false positive result?
- Would the patient be in potential danger over the short term if the test had not been performed?
- Did the test get ordered primarily because the patient wanted it or to reassure the patient? If so, were the above issues discussed with the patient?
- Describe other strategies to reassure the patient, aside from ordering the test?