It’s never too early to talk about cost-conscious care
Pretty much every conversation I’ve ever had about working to change physician culture boils down to two words: “medical education.” That was especially true at the 2013 Lown Institute Conference, which focused on the issue of right care: eliminating harmful overuse and harmful underuse. This comes down to reforming the way today’s physicians practice — eliminating the ordering of expensive tests and treatments that provide little to no benefit to …