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Overuse of Health Care: Patient Safety Implications.

National Patient Safety Foundation. September 16, 2015, 1:00–2:00 PM (Eastern).

Overuse of health care can contribute to excess costs and unnecessary care, such as tests and medication prescribing. This webinar will provide information about how overuse can contribute to patient harm and discuss strategies to identify potential incidents of overuse and alert both clinicians and patients to the problem.

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