Resources
Web Resources
American College of Physicians. High Value Care website. https://hvc.acponline.org/index.html. Accessed April 7, 2015.
Acholonu R, M.D. Choosing Wisely Communication Module. Choosing Wisely Campaign website. http://modules.choosingwisely.org/modules/m_09/default_FrameSet.htm Accessed April 7, 2015.
American Academy of Pediatrics. Ten things physicians and patients should question. Choose Wisely website. http://www.choosingwisely.org/doctor-patient-lists/american-academy-of-pediatrics/. Accessed April 7, 2015.
FairHealth Consumer Cost Lookup website. http://fairhealthconsumer.org. Assessed April 7, 2015.
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Pub L No. 111-148. March 23, 2010. Website. http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-111publ148/content-detail.html. Accessed April 7, 2015.
Texas Children's Hospital Clinical Practice Guidelines website. http://www.texaschildrenshealthplan.org/for-providers/provider-resources/practice-guidelines.aspx. Accessed April 7, 2015.
Texas Medicaid CHIP Vendor Drug Program website: http://www.txvendordrug.com/formulary/formulary-search.asp Accessed April 7, 2015.
Published Articles
Askin E, Moore N. Health Care Handbook. 1st Ed. St. Louis, Missouri: Washington University St. Louis Press; 2012.
Commonwealth Fund. Bending the curve: options for achieving savings and improving value in U.S. health spending. http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/fund-reports/2007/dec/bending-the-curve--options-for-achieving-savings-and-improving-value-in-u-s--health-spending. Published December 1, 2007. Accessed November 19, 2014.
Emanuel E, et al. A Systemic Approach to Containing Health Care Spending. N Engl J Med. 2012;367: 949-954. http://www.nejm.org/.doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsb1205901. Accessed April 7, 2015.
Hampers LC, Cha S, Gutglass DJ, Binns HJ, Krug SE. Language barriers and resource utilization in a pediatric emergency department. Pediatrics. 1999 Jun;103(6 Pt 1):1253-6. PMID: 10353938.
Hindmarsh JT, Lyon AW. Strategies to promote rational clinical chemistry test utilization. Clin Biochem. 1996 Aug;29(4):291-9. PMID: 8828959.
Kelley R., Healthcare Analytics, Thomson Reuters Oct 2009. Where can $700 Billion in Waste be Cut Annually from the US Healthcare System? http://www.ncrponline.org/PDFs/2009/Thomson_Reuters_White_Paper_on_Healthcare_Waste.pdf Accessed April 7, 2015.
Laine C. High-value testing begins with a few simple questions. Ann Intern Med. 2012 Jan 17;156(2):162-3. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-156-2-201201170-00016. PMID: 22250151.
Miyakis S, Karamanof G, Liontos M, Mountokalakis TD. Factors contributing to inappropriate ordering of tests in an academic medical department and the effect of an educational feedback strategy. Postgrad Med J. 2006 Dec;82(974):823-9. PMID: 17148707.
Organization for economic cooperation and development. Health at a Glance 2013. http://www.oecd.org/health/health-systems/health-at-a-glance.htm. Accessed Dec 1, 2014.
Owens DK, Qaseem A, Chou R, Shekelle P, for the Clinical Guidelines Committee of the American College of Physicians. High-Value, Cost-Conscious Health Care: Concepts for Clinicians to Evaluate the Benefits, Harms, and Costs of Medical Interventions. Ann Intern Med. 2011;154:174-180. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-154-3-201102010-00007. http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=746773. Accessed: April 7, 2015.
Rudy DW, Ramsbottom-Lucier M, Griffith CH 3rd, Georgesen JC, Wilson JF. A pilot study assessing the influences of charge data and group process on diagnostic test ordering by residents. Acad Med. 2001 Jun;76(6):635-7. PMID: 11401810.
Sager A, Socolar D. Health Costs Absorb One-Quarter of Economic Growth, 2000–2005. Boston: Health Reform Program, Boston University School of Public Health, 2005.
Sommers BD, Desai N, Fiskio J, Licurse A, Thorndike M, Katz JT, Bates DW. An educational intervention to improve cost-effective care among medicine housestaff: a randomized controlled trial. Acad Med. 2012 Jun;87(6):719-28. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31825373b3. PMID: 22534589.
Squires, David A. The U.S. Health System in Perspective: A Comparison of Twelve Individual Nations. The Commonwealth Fund website. http://www.commonwealthfund.org/~/media/Files/Publications/Issue%20Brief/2011/Jul/1532_Squires_US_hlt_sys_comparison_12_nations_intl_brief_v2.pdf. Accessed December 1, 2014
Wadland WC, Farquhar L, Priester F, Oberst K, Weismantel DP. Increasing generic prescribing: a resident educational intervention. Fam Med. 2005 Apr;37(4):259-64. PMID: 15812695.
Wong ET, McCarron MM, Shaw ST Jr. Ordering of laboratory tests in a teaching hospital. Can it be improved? JAMA. 1983 Jun 10;249(22):3076-80. PMID: 6854832.
Young DW. Improving laboratory usage: a review. Postgrad Med J. 1988 Apr;64(750):283-9. Review. PMID: 3054854.