Telemedicine Reduces Low-Value Tests
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Telemedicine may help reduce use of unnecessary health tests

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A research team from Mass General Brigham and their collaborators have found that telemedicine may help to reduce the use of low-value tests.
Low-value care contributes to excess medical spending and both direct and cascading harms to patients.
The work is published in JAMA Internal Medicine .
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