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Editorial
. 2017 Feb 28;317(8):810-811.
doi: 10.1001/jama.2017.0896.

Reducing Overuse-Is Patient Safety the Answer?

Allison Lipitz-Snyderman  1 , Deborah Korenstein  2
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Editorial

Reducing Overuse-Is Patient Safety the Answer?

Allison Lipitz-Snyderman et al. JAMA. .
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Identification and Management of Overuse as a Patient Safety Problem Patient harm from overuse can be identified in 2 ways. First, overused services delivered in the clinical setting that cause patient harm can be identified and addressed through the patient safety infrastructure. Second, overuse can be actively unmasked in cases of patient harm. Analyses of patient harm from overuse can lead to quality improvement interventions to reduce overuse and improve patient safety.
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