Waste not, want not
Fred Ralston Jr., MD, MACP, a past president of ACP and a practicing internist in Fayetteville, Tenn., writes at KevinMD.com about current efforts to practice high-value, cost-conscious care.
Fred Ralston Jr., MD, MACP, a past president of ACP and a practicing internist in Fayetteville, Tenn., continues his column at KevinMD.com, one of the Web's leading destinations for provocative physician commentary. In this month's post, Dr. Ralston discusses current efforts to practice high-value, cost-conscious care, an approach he first witnessed during his residency training in the early 1980s.