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Practicing Wisely™

Better Insights | Improving Care

Each year, more than $200 billion is spent in the United States on unnecessary care. A significant portion of that care is provided by well-intentioned clinicians delivering treatment, tests, and services they deem appropriate, based on their clinical judgment – with much of that care falling into the category of “potentially harmful, little chance of helping.”

Clinical judgment is vital to the delivery of high-quality healthcare. The challenge for clinicians – and the system as a whole – is that when it comes to clinical judgment, there is little guidance in regards to appropriate care.

Practicing Wisely™, a collaboration between Oliver Wyman and Marty Makary, MD, takes a new approach and aims to reduce unnecessary care, improve patient outcomes, and lower costs by providing clinicians with appropriateness measures.

Delivering high-quality care is central to a physician’s mission and identity… understanding how you perform on best-practices metrics is fundamental to improving
MARTY MAKARY MD, MPH, PRACTICING WISELY ADVISOR AND PROFESSOR OF SURGERY, AND HEALTH POLICY AND MANAGEMENT, JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE