Treating Resource Overutilization Like a Complication

Health care spending in the United States is excessive, yet when resources are wasted there are few ramifications. This JAMA Professionalism article proposes that excessive resource utilization be approached with the same seriousness as are treatment complications. The podcast features Andrew R. Lai, MD, MPH, from UCSF Medical Center. Article discussed in this episode: Is Excessive Resource Utilization an Adverse Event?

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Treating Resource Overutilization Like a Complication is an episode from JAMA Professionalism: Best Practice—Discussions of how clinicians can best address challenging clinical situations and adverse events in their medical practice by American Medical Association.

This episode is 21:17 long.

This episode was published on Feb 28, 2017.

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