Even for those who work in healthcare, finding a good doctor's hard. Measures of physician appropriateness will transform care delivery.
20 percent of care is unnecessary. Peer physician assessment of practice patterns is helping solve healthcare's inappropriate care crisis.
Physicians are best positioned to curtail the $265 billion wasted annually on unneeded care.
Transform Care
January 07, 2019
Preventing Antibiotic Apocalypse By Doing Less, Not More
Transparency into peer practices may curb care overuse. But just prescribing fewer antibiotics isn't a simple solution.
Practicing Wisely and The Strangers Project tackled inappropriate and avoidable care with understanding and transparency at this year's Summit.
Oliver Wyman research highlights key treatment decision and prevalence of avoidable care.
Using comparative data to curb overprescribing and control the opioid epidemic.
Transform Care
August 17, 2017
How Medicaid Programs Are Managing the Opioid Crisis
The cost and toll of the opioid epidemic on the Medicaid population is alarming. Learn what states are doing to help address the problem.
Transform Care
August 04, 2017
A Different Approach to the Opioid Crisis
In this USA Today article, Dr. Makary details how healthcare organizations can use data to identify overprescribing and curb the opioid epidemic.
Understanding clinical variation is key to identifying inappropriate care; addressing inappropriate care is key to reducing costs and improving quality.