{"id":270,"date":"2024-07-24T15:22:21","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T15:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ritesizetesting.org\/?page_id=270"},"modified":"2024-07-24T15:26:12","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T15:26:12","slug":"evidence-recommendations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ritesizetesting.org\/?page_id=270","title":{"rendered":"Evidence + Recommendations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Wasteful spending in healthcare has been well documented and researched, with the Institute of Medicine estimating at least $210 billion spent on unnecessary medical testing and care<\/mark><\/strong> in the U.S. each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Washington Alliance estimates that $85.2 million is spent on unnecessary preoperative tests<\/mark> <\/strong>for healthy patients facing low-risk procedures, and many peer-reviewed publications link routine preoperative testing with downstream harm to patients and providers<\/mark><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Choosing Wisely<\/a> has assembled hundreds of clinical recommendations that aim to reduce unnecessary testing, are supported by evidence, are free from harm, and are truly necessary.<\/mark> <\/strong>Of these recommendations, Choosing Wisely has a top 12 list, which includes guidelines for preoperative testing in patients scheduled to undergo low- or intermediate-risk non-cardiac surgery.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Choosing Wisely guidelines are based on clinical recommendations put forth by the following professional medical societies:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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