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If the US healthcare system was its own nation, it would be the 13th largest emitter of greenhouse gases. Integrating the concepts of high-value care and environmental sustainability represents a potentially new approach to reduce unnecessary lab testing, low-value care, and carbon emissions.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To assess if an intervention integrating concepts of environmental sustainability and high-value care can influence resident lab ordering practices.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Design<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We conducted a 6-month concurrent control versus intervention pilot. Statistical analysis consisted of matched-pair propensity score analysis and Wilcoxon rank-sum test.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Participants<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Two medicine teams with equal composition of attending and resident physicians at an urban academic tertiary care center.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Interventions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Intervention team received (1) a video on the negative effects of unnecessary testing, including adverse environmental impacts; (2) daily team-based reviews of lab orders; and (3) reminder emails about team-based reviews. Intervention team residents received quantitative surveys to assess ordering behaviors.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Main Measures<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Primary outcomes were the average number of both basic lab tests and venipunctures per patient per day. Secondary outcomes included kilograms of carbon dioxide (CO\n                      <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                      ) saved and resident perceptions of ordering practices.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Key Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Control and intervention patients, respectively, had on average 3.91 versus 3.62 labs per patient day (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001) and 1.39 versus 1.32 venipunctures per patient day (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.003). An estimated 81\u00a0kg CO\n                      <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                      was saved. The proportion of surveyed residents who assessed clinical lab indications at least multiple times weekly or daily increased from 47.8% pre-intervention to 86.9% post-intervention (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.03).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>An intervention integrating high-value care and environmental sustainability changed resident ordering behavior, producing fewer lab tests and venipunctures and a smaller carbon footprint. 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