In 2002, John E. Wennberg coined and defined the term 'unwarranted variation' as “care that is not consistent with a patient's preference or related to a patient's underlying illness” (Ref. 1). Data ...

In an April 24 webinar hosted by Becker’s Hospital Review, experts from Objective Health, a McKinsey Solution, discussed strategies for hospitals to reduce unwarranted clinical variation. Eric Flyckt, ...

Addressing unwarranted clinical variation in oncology is a high priority for health systems that aspire to ensure consistent levels of high-quality and cost-effective care. Efforts to improve clinical ...

Once upon a time, Republican presidents worried about deficit spending and were reluctant to be talked into unnecessary defense expenditures by lobbyists inflating threats. Large peacetime military ...