It could be reasonably asserted that patient rights include the right to receive appropriate and effective care. But in this context it is useful to recall the enormous waste in the U.S. healthcare system whose annual costs are more than US $3 trillion. In 2010, approximately 30 percent of healthcare expenditures were squandered on unnecessary procedures. As the chair of your healthcare institution's resource optimization initiative, what efficiencies would you recommend to minimize such needless practices? How would you promote a campaign to improve delivery of effective healthcare services and avoid provision of unnecessary services in your organization? How would the availability of new resources impact patient care, patient outcomes, and patient satisfaction?