Routine preoperative testing before low-risk surgery is widely viewed as having low value. A new research article indicates that routine preoperative testing before low-risk surgery is common despite ...

Before undergoing surgery, patients often go through a number of tests: blood work, sometimes a chest X-ray, perhaps tests to measure heart and lung function. In fact, about half of patients who had ...

Preoperative testing is often unnecessary for low-risk surgeries, but remains common practice at many hospitals in Michigan, according to a study published May 17 in JAMA Internal Medicine. Mounting ...

Yet plenty of evidence suggests that preoperative testing is often unnecessary for low-risk surgeries. At best, it's costly and doesn't usually improve outcomes for patients. At worst, it can lead to ...

Man speaking to a doctor in the hospital Hospitalist NPs are key to successfully implementing Society of Hospital Medicine guidelines for preoperative testing and management. The following article is ...

The operating room is a hectic, busy place. One way to make the OR more efficient is to focus on preoperative functions, such as case scheduling accuracy, completing patients’ charts and proactive ...

(PHILADELPHIA) – The elimination of extensive routine preoperative tests and consultations represents an area of potentially large health care savings across many disciplines, particularly for ...

BOSTON — A team from the Rutgers New Jersey Medical School reduced the volume of preanesthesia testing and cut costs by 47% by applying patient-centered practice guidelines, according to a study ...

(UPDATED) Cardiac stress testing is consistently on the decline among patients slated for hip or knee replacement, according to a cross-sectional study of data spanning a 14-year period, though people ...

In a study published in The Journal of Urology, researchers found preoperative testing for patients undergoing mid urethral sling surgery does not adhere to national guidelines. Leading study author, ...

The majority of people visiting preoperative testing clinics before an elective surgery do not have an advance directive (AD) in case of surgical complications. This can lead to situations where ...

Although experts estimate medical over-testing adds more than $200 billion in wasted spending in the U.S. health care system, reducing it can be hard, as we can see from one example in eye surgery.