This month I received a letter from a physician who was dismayed to learn that a colleague was leaving medical practice. He wrote in his letter, “One of my dear friends was nudged into retirement ...

As health policy leaders search for reasons why U.S. healthcare costs continue to soar as compared with healthcare costs of other developed countries, the topic of medical-service overutilization has ...

Telehealth has undergone a radical transformation during the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a little more than 14 months, it has evolved from a niche offering that allowed patients to see ...

There may be some reluctance to reimburse telemedicine because there is a feeling that telemedicine costs might be added to overall cost, rather than be substituted, David Brumley, MD, MBA, senior ...

How Torrance Memorial leveraged technology to reduce ED overutilization Thousands of patients across the country rely on hospital emergency departments for care every day. While most patients visit ...

One of the most significant trends in imaging over the past several years has been the decline in imaging growth rates. But it appears that emergency departments are still behind the times. A new ...

Washington state is considering a proposal by emergency physicians to prevent overutilization of the emergency department by Medicaid patients, according to an American Medical News report. The ...

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MedImpact has released a three-year case study (MedImpact Manages Opioid Overutilization) showcasing the impact of clinical intervention in reducing opioid use. Through the ...

Increased utilization of imaging studies could be due in part to patient demand. This article is the first in a two-part series examining the expanding use of diagnostic imaging in urology. Diagnostic ...

Overuse of five expensive oncology pharmaceuticals in the southeastern United States: A physician-level analysis. Treatment, mortality, and health care costs in a U.S. cohort of indolent non-Hodgkin ...