In emergency medicine's time-constrained environment, ordering tests often feels like an "easy button"—a quick path to answers when the next patient is waiting. But overtesting carries hidden dangers: false positives triggering unnecessary interventions, incidental findings creating medicolegal liability and follow-up burdens, prolonged ED throughput, and significant cost to patients. This session challenges the assumption that "just one more test to check" is always the safest path forward, exploring the true risks of diagnostic excess. Attendees will learn evidence-based strategies to practice high-value care, resist the reflex to overtest, manage medicolegal risk by testing less, and develop frameworks for managing uncertainty while prioritizing patient safety and department efficiency.
