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OTHER => MISCELLANEOUS => Topic started by: agate on October 18, 2019, 08:56:14 pm

Title: How 25% of US health spending is wasted (NEJM Journal Watch)
Post by: agate on October 18, 2019, 08:56:14 pm
From NEJM Journal Watch (October 8, 2019)--"How 25% of US Health Spending Is Wasted":


https://www.jwatch.org/fw115902/2019/10/08/how-25-us-health-spending-wasted?query=pfwRSTOC&jwd=000100983645&jspc=


Lack of care coordination is among the top three sources of waste. I've noticed how little care coordination there is. Doctors don't refer to a patient's medical history or ask other medical providers what has already been done. So much time and energy could be saved if one doctor trusted other doctors' findings--and were willing to take the time to find out what is already known about a patient.