Medical Harm

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Medical Harm

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The Do No Harm Project

Too much medicine, or medical overuse, occurs when the benefits of an intervention are negligible, the potential harms of an intervention exceed its potential benefit, or when a service is provided to a patient who, if fully informed, would have declined it. Spending on overuse is an important driver of healthcare costs in the United States and may limit equitable access to necessary care. More importantly, medical overuse manifesting as overdiagnosis and overtreatment exposes patients to unnecessary harm. We are ethically obligated to limit overuse when possible. Recognizing overuse and its downstream harms can be difficult and failing to attend to potential harms can lead to interventions…

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 The Do No Harm Project

Recognizing overuse and its downstream harms can be difficult and failing to attend to potential harms can lead to interventions that are harmful. In the United States, there is a dominant belief that more healthcare is better – a belief that is reinforced by financial and legal incentives.

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