«
Outlier practice patterns in health care, and specifically Mohs surgery, can represent a burden on patients and the medical system,» says John Albertini, M.D., immediate past president of the American College of Mohs Surgery and the paper's other senior author.
A report of the study, published in the journal JAMA Dermatology April 28, suggests that identifying and informing high
outlier physicians of their extreme
practice patterns can enable targeted re-training, potentially sparing patients from substandard care.