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Improving Safety And Eliminating Redundant Tests: Cutting Costs In U.S. Hospitals
Health Affairs, 09/21/09

Jha AK et al. – High costs and unsafe care are major challenges for U.S. hospitals. Two sources of raised costs and unsafe care are adverse events in hospitals and tests ordered by several different physicians. Eliminating redundant tests would have saved an additional $8 billion (2.7 percent). Addressing these situations could generate major savings to the system while improving patient care.

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Review of patient safety incidents submitted from Critical Care Units in England & Wales to the UK National Patient Safety Agency
Anaesthesia, 10/13/09 Relevance Score: 67%

Lorcaserin and adiposopathy: 5-HT2c agonism as a treatment for ‘sick fat’ and metabolic disease
Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy, 11/17/09 Relevance Score: 66%

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Sexuality, Reproduction & Menopause, 10/08/09 Relevance Score: 66%

Centralized Assessment in Graduate Medical Education: Cents and Sensibilities
Journal of Graduate Medical Education, 11/11/09 Relevance Score: 65%

Impact of revising the National Nosocomial Infection Surveillance System definition for catheter-related bloodstream infection in ICU: Reproducibility of the National Healthcare Safety Network case definition in an Australian cohort of infection control professionals
American Journal of Infection Control, 10/01/09 Relevance Score: 65%