Healthy patients undergoing lab testing before surgery is one of the most common forms of unnecessary, low-value care, according to a study published Sept. 27 in JAMA Internal Medicine. Researchers ...
A retrospective analysis recently showed guidelines for routine preoperative testing have little influence on physician behavior. The most current study collected data from the National Ambulatory and ...
Man speaking to a doctor in the hospital Hospitalist NPs are key to successfully implementing Society of Hospital Medicine guidelines for preoperative testing and management. The following article is ...