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Paeds Vivas · professional-practice-and-evidence

High-value care, stewardship and avoiding low-value interventions — branching viva

Viva on high-value care and reducing a low-value practice in a child-health service.

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RACP DCEMRCPCH ClinicalRCPSC Pediatrics
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RACP DCEMRCPCH ClinicalRCPSC Pediatrics
Prompt
A department lead asks you to reduce the overuse of routine pre-operative blood tests in otherwise healthy children scheduled for low-risk day surgery; the team is proud of its thoroughness and some families expect 'full preparation'.

Opening (candidate)

I would treat this as a de-implementation project, not a single instruction. First I would confirm the practice is genuinely low-value using Choosing Wisely guidance, then measure the baseline, diagnose the drivers, engage the team and families, de-implement with combined levers, and sustain and monitor to prevent re-adoption. [9] [15]

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  1. [1]Cassel CK, Guest JA Choosing wisely: helping physicians and patients make smart decisions about their care JAMA, 2012.PMID 22492759
  2. [6]Bhatia RS, Levinson W, Shortt S, et al. Measuring the effect of Choosing Wisely: an integrated framework to assess campaign impact on low-value care BMJ quality & safety, 2015.PMID 26092165
  3. [8]Elshaug AG, Rosenthal MB, Lavis JN, et al. Levers for addressing medical underuse and overuse: achieving high-value health care Lancet, 2017.PMID 28077228
  4. [9]Morgan DJ, Leppin AL, Smith CD, et al. A Practical Framework for Understanding and Reducing Medical Overuse: Conceptualizing Overuse Through the Patient-Clinician Interaction Journal of hospital medicine, 2017.PMID 28459906
  5. [13]Colla CH Swimming against the current--what might work to reduce low-value care? New England Journal of Medicine, 2014.PMID 25271601
  6. [15]Quinonez RA, Garber MD, Schroeder AR, et al. Choosing wisely in pediatric hospital medicine: five opportunities for improved healthcare value Journal of hospital medicine, 2013.PMID 23955837
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