Educational Intervention Reduces Utilization of Low-Value Testing in Cerebrovascular Inpatients: An Example of Rapidly Implementable Quality Improvement (P2.309)

Conclusions: In this prospective quality improvement study, an educational intervention resulted in significant reduction in utilization of low-value tests in patients admitted to an inpatient cerebrovascular service. While the per-patient costs of these diagnostic tests were small, a similar approach at the system level could result in considerable avoidance of low value testing and associated costs, particularly if applied to higher-cost/lower-value investigations and procedures.Disclosure: Dr. Scharf has nothing to disclose. Dr. Jones has nothing to disclose. Dr. Martinez-Thompson has nothing to disclose. Dr. Pichler has nothing to disclose. Dr. Cohen has nothing to disclose. Dr. Clark has nothing to disclose. Dr. Nozile-Firth has nothing to disclose. Dr. Jones has nothing to disclose.

Source: Neurology - April 3, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Scharf, E., Jones, A., Martinez-Thompson, J., Pichler, M., Cohen, A., Clark, S., Nozile-Firth, K., Jones, L. Tags: Stroke Systems of Care Source Type: research