Clinical variation can result in negative outcomes, higher costs, and patient dissatisfaction.  With reimbursement increasingly tied to clinical outcomes, patient experience, and cost, improving clinical variation provides an important opportunity for better outcomes, reduced costs, and increased reimbursement rates. 

Learning Objectives:

1. Identify how to accurately measure the results of clinical variation.
2. Describe how supply chain professionals can assist in the improvement of practice patterns in the clinical setting.
3. Formulate opportunities for reducing clinical variation across all programs and services.