Cognitive Errors Drive Medical Overuse: Analysis of Physician Variation in Low-Value Care (ptinquest.libsyn.com)

• Clinicians show wide variation in low-value service ordering
• Cognitive biases like overconfidence contribute
• Interventions include audit/feedback and decision support

"This article summarizes research from JAMA Internal Medicine revealing substantial physician variation in providing low-value services, such as imaging for nonspecific low back pain. It argues that medical overuse is often a cognitive error, not just a knowledge gap, and suggests interventions like feedback and decision support to reduce waste."