Wasting away: How health systems are advancing the battle against low-value care

Modern Healthcare: When leaders at Johns Hopkins Health System set out to eliminate wasteful clinical practices across the organization, they started with blood transfusions.

Although the system had a number of areas it could have focused on first, unnecessary blood transfusions were on the industry's radar back in 2012, when Johns Hopkins began its effort.

Using a consistently applied and closely monitored set of procedures, Johns Hopkins was able to save $2 million a year and consume fewer bags of difficult-to-collect blood.

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