Right-Sizing Testing Before Elective Surgery for Patients With Low Risk.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Guidelines recommend against testing before low-risk surgery in healthy patients because it offers no benefit and may cause harm. However, testing remains prevalent, highlighting the need for a deimplementation strategy that can be broadly applied across health care settings.

Objective

To assess the feasibility of a multifaceted, multicomponent deimplementation strategy entitled Right-Sizing Testing Before Elective Surgery (RITE-Size), hypothesizing it would be feasible to execute with 80% of milestones met on time.

Design, setting, and participants

This quality improvement study was conducted from March 1 to August 31, 2024, at 3 hospitals of varying characteristics in Michigan. The intervention was structured into 3 phases (baseline, preparation, and acti

SUBMITTER: Mott NM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12501813 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature