Interventions Aimed at Reducing Use of Low-Value Health Services: A Systematic Review

Toward Lower Costs and Better Care — Averting a Collision between Consumer- and Provider-Focused Reforms

(2016) Elliott S. Fisher et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

How Narrow a Network Is Too Narrow?

(2015) Katherine Baicker et al.   JAMA Internal Medicine

Patient Demands and Requests for Cancer Tests and Treatments

(2015) Keerthi Gogineni et al.   JAMA Oncology

Clinical decision support systems

(2015) P Beeler et al.   SWISS MEDICAL WEEKLY

Appropriateness and Imaging Utilization

(2014) James H. Thrall   ACADEMIC RADIOLOGY

Reduction of clinical support warnings through recategorization of severity levels

(2014) C. Parke et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HEALTH-SYSTEM PHARMACY

JOURNAL CLUB: Requiring Clinical Justification to Override Repeat Imaging Decision Support: Impact on CT Use

(2014) Stacy D. O'Connor et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLOGY

Using Default Options Within the Electronic Health Record to Increase the Prescribing of Generic-Equivalent Medications

(2014) Mitesh S. Patel et al.   ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Evaluation of an Antimicrobial Stewardship Approach to Minimize Overuse of Antibiotics in Patients with Asymptomatic Bacteriuria

(2014) Denise Kelley et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Mandatory infectious diseases approval of outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT): clinical and economic outcomes of averted cases

(2014) M. M. Conant et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Choosing Wisely: Prevalence and Correlates of Low-Value Health Care Services in the United States

(2014) Carrie H. Colla et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE

Is nationwide special campaign on antibiotic stewardship program effective on ameliorating irrational antibiotic use in China? Study on the antibiotic use of specialized hospitals in China in 2011–2012

(2014) Xiao-xu Zou et al.   Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology-Medical Sciences

Swimming against the Current — What Might Work to Reduce Low-Value Care?

(2014) Carrie H. Colla   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Choosing Wisely — The Politics and Economics of Labeling Low-Value Services

(2014) Nancy E. Morden et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Overuse of short-interval bone densitometry: assessing rates of low-value care

(2014) N. E. Morden et al.   OSTEOPOROSIS INTERNATIONAL

Use of non-indicated cardiac testing in low-risk patients: Choosing Wisely

(2014) Carrie H Colla et al.   BMJ Quality & Safety

Implementing a Graduate Medical Education Campaign to Reduce or Eliminate Potentially Wasteful Tests or Procedures

(2014) Julia A. McMillan et al.   JAMA Internal Medicine

Measuring Low-Value Care in Medicare

(2014) Aaron L. Schwartz et al.   JAMA Internal Medicine

Reduction of Inappropriate Benzodiazepine Prescriptions Among Older Adults Through Direct Patient Education

(2014) Cara Tannenbaum et al.   JAMA Internal Medicine

Effects of Clinical Pathways for Common Outpatient Infections on Antibiotic Prescribing

(2013) Timothy C. Jenkins et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Health Information Exchange Reduces Repeated Diagnostic Imaging for Back Pain

(2013) James E. Bailey et al.   ANNALS OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE

One size does not fit all: evaluating an intervention to reduce antibiotic prescribing for acute bronchitis

(2013) Sara L Ackerman et al.   BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH

“Reducing unnecessary testing in a CPOE system through implementation of a targeted CDS intervention”

(2013) Donald L Levick et al.   BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Impact of Regular Collaboration Between Infectious Diseases and Critical Care Practitioners on Antimicrobial Utilization and Patient Outcome*

(2013) Ramzy H. Rimawi et al.   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Enhanced Support For Shared Decision Making Reduced Costs Of Care For Patients With Preference-Sensitive Conditions

(2013) David Veroff et al.   HEALTH AFFAIRS

Prostate Cancer Screening In Men Ages 75 And Older Fell By 8 Percentage Points After Task Force Recommendation

(2013) David H. Howard et al.   HEALTH AFFAIRS

Resolving the Tension Between Population Health and Individual Health Care

(2013) Harold C. Sox   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Targeted reduction in neurosurgical laboratory utilization: resident-led effort at a single academic institution

(2013) Seunggu J. Han et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY

An Educational Intervention Reduces the Rate of Inappropriate Echocardiograms on an Inpatient Medical Service

(2013) R. Sacha Bhatia et al.   JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging

A Quality Improvement Initiative to Reduce Unnecessary Follow-up Imaging for Adnexal Lesions

(2013) Jamie S. Hui et al.   Journal of the American College of Radiology

A Cluster Randomized Trial of Decision Support Strategies for Reducing Antibiotic Use in Acute Bronchitis

(2013) Ralph Gonzales et al.   JAMA Internal Medicine

Training family physicians in shared decision-making to reduce the overuse of antibiotics in acute respiratory infections: a cluster randomized trial

(2012) F. Legare et al.   CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL

Consumers’ And Providers’ Responses To Public Cost Reports, And How To Raise The Likelihood Of Achieving Desired Results

(2012) Ateev Mehrotra et al.   HEALTH AFFAIRS

An Experiment Shows That A Well-Designed Report On Costs And Quality Can Help Consumers Choose High-Value Health Care

(2012) Judith H. Hibbard et al.   HEALTH AFFAIRS

Decreased acid suppression therapy overuse after education and medication reconciliation

(2012) R. Gupta et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PRACTICE

Eliminating Waste in US Health Care

(2012) Andrew D. Hackbarth   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Does Health Information Exchange Reduce Unnecessary Neuroimaging and Improve Quality of Headache Care in the Emergency Department?

(2012) James E. Bailey et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE

Impact of a Continuous Quality Improvement Initiative on Appropriate Use of Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography

(2012) Kavitha M. Chinnaiyan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Reduction in Antibiotic Use Following a Cluster Randomized Controlled Multifaceted Intervention: The Israeli Judicious Antibiotic Prescription Study

(2011) Gili Regev-Yochay et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Impact of a Multipronged Education Strategy on Antibiotic Prescribing in Quebec, Canada

(2011) K. Weiss et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

A critical evaluation of clinical decision support for the detection of drug–drug interactions

(2011) Pamela L Smithburger et al.   Expert Opinion On Drug Safety

The Benefits Of Health Information Technology: A Review Of The Recent Literature Shows Predominantly Positive Results

(2011) Melinda Beeuwkes Buntin et al.   HEALTH AFFAIRS

Barriers and facilitators to the dissemination of DECISION+, a continuing medical education program for optimizing decisions about antibiotics for acute respiratory infections in primary care: A study protocol

(2011) Anne-Sophie Allaire et al.   Implementation Science

GRADE guidelines: 3. Rating the quality of evidence

(2011) Howard Balshem et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

A multifaceted strategy to reduce inappropriate use of frozen plasma transfusions in the intensive care unit

(2011) Donald M. Arnold et al.   JOURNAL OF CRITICAL CARE

Two-year Trends in Colorectal Cancer Screening After Switch to a High-deductible Health Plan

(2011) James Frank Wharam et al.   MEDICAL CARE

Impact of multi-approach strategy on acid suppressive medication use in a teaching hospital in Qatar

(2011) Imran F. Khudair et al.   International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy

Commentary: Hard Times for Oncologists?

(2011) J. Russell Hoverman   Journal of Oncology Practice

Intervention to Reduce Unnecessary Dispensing of Short-Acting β-Agonists in Patients with Asthma

(2010) Mark D Wong et al.   ANNALS OF PHARMACOTHERAPY

Effects of automated alerts on unnecessarily repeated serology tests in a cardiovascular surgery department: a time series analysis

(2010) Julie Niès et al.   BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH

At Pitney Bowes, Value-Based Insurance Design Cut Copayments And Increased Drug Adherence

(2010) Niteesh K. Choudhry et al.   HEALTH AFFAIRS

Copayment Reductions Generate Greater Medication Adherence In Targeted Patients

(2010) Matthew L. Maciejewski et al.   HEALTH AFFAIRS

What Is Value in Health Care?

(2010) Michael E. Porter   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Increasing the Appropriateness of Outpatient Imaging: Effects of a Barrier to Ordering Low-Yield Examinations

(2010) Vartan M. Vartanians et al.   RADIOLOGY

Implementing a program to improve compliance with neonatal intensive care unit transfusion guidelines was accompanied by a reduction in transfusion rate: a pre-post analysis within a multihospital health care system

(2010) Vickie L. Baer et al.   TRANSFUSION

High-Deductible Health Insurance Plans: Efforts To Sharpen A Blunt Instrument

(2009) Mary Reed et al.   HEALTH AFFAIRS

An Antimicrobial Stewardship Program with a Focus on Reducing Fluoroquinolone Overuse

(2009) Annie Wong-Beringer et al.   PHARMACOTHERAPY

Experience of an Academic Neuroradiology Division Participating in a Utilization Management Program

(2009) David P. Friedman et al.   Journal of the American College of Radiology

Impact Of Decreasing Copayments On Medication Adherence Within A Disease Management Environment

(2008) Michael E. Chernew et al.   HEALTH AFFAIRS

Effect of Feedback Letters to Physicians and Pharmacists on the Appropriate Use of Medication in the Treatment of Asthma

(2008) Régis Blais et al.   JOURNAL OF ASTHMA

???Get Smart Colorado???

(2008) Ralph Gonzales et al.   MEDICAL CARE

Clinical and economic impact of an antibiotics stewardship programme in a regional hospital in Hong Kong

(2008) C K Ng et al.   QUALITY & SAFETY IN HEALTH CARE