If the de-implementation process is supportive, staff will welcome this change rather than be upset by it.
#deimplementation #LowValueCare #NHS

Does the US have unusually high levels of #LowValueCare relative to other OECD countries?

Cutting low-value care may not save much money — but it reduces harm, raises quality, and makes health systems fairer.

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Shoppers Drug Mart billed Ontario almost $62 million for medication reviews. Former store owner says program is being 'abused' — Toronto Star Three former Shoppers pharmacists say they faced intense corporate pressure to meet growing quotas. Shoppers says there's

Shoppers Drug Mart billed Ontario almost $62 million for medication reviews. Former store owner says program is being 'abused' - Toronto Star

#lowvaluecare

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Instead of “med checks,” do meaningful drug review, incl #deprescribing: good for patients and cost saving

Relative importance and interactions of factors influencing low-value care provision: a factorial survey experiment among Swedish primary care physicians Background Low-value care (LVC) describes practices that persist in healthcare, despite being ineffective, inefficient or causing harm. Several determinants for the provision of LVC have been identifi...

Relative importance and interactions of factors influencing low-value care provision: a factorial survey experiment among Swedish primary care physicians qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/earl... #lowvaluecare #overtreatment #overdiagnosis

Practices of low value or unnecessary practices in vascular prevention - PubMed There are more and more guidelines that explicitly describe diagnostic or pharmacological activities of low value-care or Do Not Do Class III or recommendation D. Some guidelines agree, but others…

Practices of low value or unnecessary practices in vascular prevention https://buff.ly/4h2cDFv #produccionhuil #Lowvaluecare #Cardiovasculardisease

Factors associated with patients’ demand for low-value care: a scoping review - BMC Health Services Research Background Low-value care is unnecessary care that contributes to inefficient use of health resources and constitutes a considerable proportion of healthcare expenditures worldwide. Factors contributi...

What is it about certain patients that they seek #lowvaluecare ? A broad range of causes, from socio-economic and cultural context to emotional + biomedical factors contribute:

Factors associated with patients’ demand for low-value care: a scoping review link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Dr. Liu & team found #telehealth use increased over time but how & if it affected #LowValueCare varied.

Why is this important? Low-value care not increasing with more telehealth may be reassuring to policymakers concerned about unnecessary or wasteful care.

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#LowValueCare are services that provide little or no benefit to patients, have potential to cause harm, incur unnecessary cost to patients, or waste limited healthcare resources. While low value care has been widely studied, #telehealth's impact on it has not. #PittHSRseminar

Climate-responsive health systems should focus on efficient models of care and cutting up to 30% waste, amongst other things, suggest
@KlynnSmith3 @ChristinaVRojas @arpartington @YvonneZurynski @JBraithwaite1: #climatechange #lowvaluecare

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As health systems come under increasing financial pressure, arbitrary cuts to 'backline' services can compound problems. There is huge value in creating time and space for people to collaborate on effective and efficient care, and to eliminate waste and #lowvaluecare. https://t.co/GgWugEB0sR