What is it about?
Over testing results in more incidental findings and this can potentially lead to unnecessary procedures that carrie their own risks and potential harm
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Why is it important?
It shines light on the importance of avoiding unncessary testing to minimize patient harm.
Perspectives
I think it is very important for providers to be mindful of all the potential consequences of ordering uncessary tests and not considering the likelihood of this test to make a different in patient management and outcome. Many reasons exist for this phenomenon but we need to work on finding ways on how to help physicians avoid overtesting.
Mohammed Elhassan
UCSF/Fresno Center for Medical Education and Research
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This page is a summary of: In with acute bronchitis; out with duodenal perforation: the potentially harmful cascade of over-testing. A case report, Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, January 2018, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/20009666.2018.1424486.
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