Intervention to reduce lowvalue preoperative care for patients undergoing cataract surgery

Intervention to reduce low-value preoperative care for patients undergoing cataract surgery

06:00 EDT 28 Mar 2019 | 2 Minute Medicine

1. In this quality improvement study carried out in Southern California, educational interventions to prevent low-value care before cataract surgery lead by a single quality improvement nurse yielded societal savings estimated at $217,322 over 3 years. 2. In a fee-for-service system, the estimated loss of earnings was $88,151 over 3 years, highlighting a potential barrier. […]
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