Avoiding Medical Testing Mistakes
November 19, 2011
The Joint Commission Resources (“JCR”) is a national organization dedicated to helping health care organizations in the U.S. to improve the quality of medical care and patient safety. The mission of JCR is “to continuously improve the safety and quality of health care in the Unit[...]
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Medical Procedures That We May Not Need
February 18, 2011
An estimated one fifth to one third of U.S. health-care costs, at least $500 billion a year, goes toward tests and treatments that do not benefit patients, according to an article in Newsweek. It has been proposed that every medical specialty has at least five procedures that are done at a high cost[...]
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