unnecessary procedures

Patient, hospital and environmental costs of unnecessary bloodwork: capturing the triple bottom line of inappropriate care in general surgery patients
Karina Spoyalo, Annie Lalande, Chantelle Rizan, Sophia Park, Janet Simons, Philip Dawe, Carl J Brown, Robert Lillywhite, Andrea J MacNeill

BMJ Open Quality Jul 2023, 12 (3) e002316; DOI: 10.1136/bmjoq-2023-002316
Impact of a quality programme on overindication of surgeries for endometriosis and cholecystectomies
Mauro Dirlando Conte de Oliveira, Haggeas da Silveira Fernandes, Ana Luiz Vasconcelos, Fernanda Aparecida de Paula Russo, Daniel Tavares Malheiro, Giancarlo Colombo, Paula Pelegrini, Otavio Berwanger, Vanessa Teich, Alexandre Marra, Fernando Gatti de Menezes, Miguel Cendoroglo Neto, Sidney Klajner

BMJ Open Quality Nov 2023, 12 (4) e002178; DOI: 10.1136/bmjoq-2022-002178
Quality improvement initiative to standardise thyroid ultrasound reports and reduce unnecessary fine-needle aspiration biopsies of thyroid nodules
Alvita J Chan, Josee Sarrazin, Ilana J Halperin, Kalesha Hack, Adina Weinerman

BMJ Open Quality Mar 2022, 11 (1) e001769; DOI: 10.1136/bmjoq-2021-001769
Reducing neuroimaging in first-episode psychosis by facilitating uptake of choosing wisely recommendations: a quality improvement initiative
Raman Srivastava, R Davis Holmes, Christopher W Noel, Tong V Lam, Jason R Shewchuk

BMJ Open Quality Jul 2021, 10 (3) e001307; DOI: 10.1136/bmjoq-2020-001307
Promoting appropriate utilisation of laboratory tests for inflammation at an academic medical centre
Kristen J Bartlett, Ann P Vo, Justin Rueckert, Christina Wojewoda, Elizabeth H Steckel, Justin Stinnett-Donnelly, Allen B Repp

BMJ Open Quality Feb 2020, 9 (1) e000788; DOI: 10.1136/bmjoq-2019-000788
Improving urinary catheterisation practices in a rural hospital in Ontario
Mohamed Gazarin, Jennifer Ingram-Crooks, Fatima Hafizi, Lynn Hall, Kirsti Weekes, Cindy Casselman, Sean Burnett, Mikyla Lennard, Amanda Pinches, Darren Tse

BMJ Open Quality Feb 2020, 9 (1) e000703; DOI: 10.1136/bmjoq-2019-000703

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