Neurosurgery is following a familiar path: just as orthopedics and cardiology moved key procedures to ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs), spine and neurovascular surgeons now have the technology and ...

The use of low-value procedures, or those that would not be expected to require hospitalization, was linked to more hospital-acquired complications in a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine. The ...

Low-value procedures have been in the crosshairs for years for the resources they waste. New research further supports the idea that they may also cause more harm than good for the patients they’re ...

Healthcare providers could significantly reduce costs if they eschew five low-value, often unnecessary emergency medicine procedures, according to a new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine. The ...

Healthcare consumers spend $25 billion each year on low-value health procedures that aren’t always necessary, according to the Task Force on Low-Value Care, a multi-stakeholder group established by ...