Variety is the spice of life, but the ingredient can be costly for healthcare
With today’s focus on individualized, patient-centric medicine, some degree of care variation is desirable. But non–value-added variability can result in unnecessary costs for patients and payers. Reevaluating how diagnostic guidelines are developed and used can lower costs while helping providers to improve outcomes. In 1785, William Cowpers penned “The Task,”...
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