The American Hospital Association offers resources to help healthcare workers discuss the appropriate use of medical resources and reduce non-beneficial care.
The AHA identified five hospital-based procedures or interventions that patients and physicians should review and discuss before beginning the procedure: appropriate blood management in inpatient service, appropriate antimicrobial stewardship, reducing inpatient admissions for ambulatory-sensitive conditions, appropriate use of elective percutaneous coronary intervention and appropriate use of the intensive care unit for imminently terminal illness.
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To help facilitate discussions regarding the appropriate use of medical resources, the AHA developed a discussion guide that raises questions for hospitals to address when implementing the proposed recommendations.
Click here to access the discussion guide.
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