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Unwarranted Order Variation: The overlooked lever for reducing length of stay
Hospitals have tried everything to bring down hospital length of stay. Yet these interventions rarely move the needle. Focusing on unwarranted order variation gives executives and clinicians a shared vocabulary and improves patient care.
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Unwarranted Order Variation: The overlooked lever for reducing length of stay
Focusing on unwarranted variation does something remarkable. It gives executives and clinicians a shared vocabulary, transforming cost reduction from a tense negotiation into a joint mission to deliver better care. Standardized order sets, real-time feedback, peer benchmarking, and departmental performance reports can bring clinical and operational priorities into alignment. The quality of care doesn’t suffer. If anything, it improves.
Read the full article on Becker's Health IT.
Hospitals have tried everything to bring down hospital length of stay. Yet these interventions rarely move the needle. Focusing on unwarranted order variation gives executives and clinicians a shared vocabulary and improves patient care.
Written by
David Do
Dec 4, 2025
Written by
David Do
Dec 4, 2025
Focusing on unwarranted variation does something remarkable. It gives executives and clinicians a shared vocabulary, transforming cost reduction from a tense negotiation into a joint mission to deliver better care. Standardized order sets, real-time feedback, peer benchmarking, and departmental performance reports can bring clinical and operational priorities into alignment. The quality of care doesn’t suffer. If anything, it improves.
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