Silas P Trumbo, Wade T Iams, Heather M Limper, Kathryn Goggins, Jayme Gibson, Lauren Oliver, David L Leverenz, Lauren R Samuels, Donald W Brady, Sunil Kripalani
BACKGROUND: Choosing Wisely® is a national initiative to deimplement or reduce low-value care. However, there is limited evidence on the effectiveness of strategies to influence ordering patterns. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to describe the effectiveness of an intervention to reduce daily chest X-ray (CXR) ordering in two intensive care units (ICUs) and evaluate deimplementation strategies. DESIGN: We aimed to describe the effectiveness of an intervention to reduce daily chest X-ray (CXR) ordering in two intensive care units (ICUs) and evaluate deimplementation strategies...
February 2019: Journal of Hospital Medicine: An Official Publication of the Society of Hospital Medicine