Apply for the CQuIPS Healthcare Improvement Fellowship! Offering a #ChoosingWisely stream, this 1-yr program offers fellows like Dr. Gardner advanced training in #QI & de-implementation science, focusing on overuse & resource stewardship projects.
Apply by May 1: https://loom.ly/cllXAD4
🚨 New Research: The NUDG-ED trial, published in @CMAJ, found that behavioral #nudges were not enough to reduce #lowvaluecare for patients with #backpain in high-pressure #emergencycare settings 🏥
Read the study: doi.org/10.1503/cmaj...
#BehavioralEconomics #ChoosingWisely
Celebrating 12 years since the launch of #ChoosingWisely🇨🇦! Thank you to our dedicated community of clinicians, patients, researchers, and administrators that continually drive improvements in health care!
April is Earth Month! We know that there are everyday practices we can stop or reduce to help patients and the planet. 🌎
See the list of over 45 #ChoosingWisely climate-conscious recommendations developed by over 20 clinical specialties: https://loom.ly/Wp1v0FQ
A recent article by Dr. Wendy Levinson in BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine discusses advancing the #ChoosingWisely campaign to reduce low-value care in China and the evolution of the Choosing Wisely international campaign. Read the full article: https://loom.ly/rL7Q0_I
This #WDAD2026, take a look at our updated #ChoosingWisely toolkit! Less Sedatives for Your Relatives can help your hospital reduce the inappropriate use of #benzos and other sedatives while safely improving care related to sleep management and delirium: https://loom.ly/8STqYws 💊
As RN prescribing grows across provinces and territories, nurses must stay current on best practices and avoid low-value care. Learn how Choosing Wisely Canada can guide safe, effective prescribing.
Explore the recommendations: https://bit.ly/3OnvT7L
#NursingPractice #PatientSafety #ChoosingWisely
STARS leaders from @nosmuniversity.bsky.social share insights on improving resource stewardship in post-pandemic primary care by implementing #ChoosingWisely guidelines in the Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine.
Read the full article: https://loom.ly/Qjyi59k
Happening today at noon! Join #CWTalks to learn about the BE-SAFE study. Experts will share how the #ChoosingWisely De-Implementation Framework supports safe deprescribing, and lessons learned from other countries: https://loom.ly/0_Vb4-g
Overuse of benzos can cause harm, especially in older adults. Join #CWTalks January 28 at 12 p.m. ET to learn about the BE-SAFE study. Experts will share how the #ChoosingWisely De-Implementation Framework supports safe deprescribing, and lessons learned from other countries: https://loom.ly/0_Vb4-g
Overuse of benzos can cause harm, especially in older adults. Join #CWTalks January 28 at 12 p.m. ET to learn about the BE-SAFE study. Experts will share how the #ChoosingWisely De-Implementation Framework supports safe deprescribing, and lessons learned from other countries: https://loom.ly/0_Vb4-g
Overuse of benzos can cause harm, especially in older adults. Join #CWTalks January 28 at 12 p.m. ET to learn about the BE-SAFE study. Experts will share how the #ChoosingWisely De-Implementation Framework supports safe deprescribing, and lessons learned from other countries: https://loom.ly/0_Vb4-g
Supported by Choosing Wisely Canada society grants, @csmls.bsky.social has created a tool to help labs measure the impact of tests and identify opportunities to reduce waste based on #ChoosingWisely recs. 🔬
Learn more and test the tool: https://loom.ly/AnSWoRk
In 2025, we celebrated five years of Using Blood Wisely! Since launching in 2020, the national #ChoosingWisely program, in collaboration with Canadian Blood Services and Héma-Québec, has grown to include more than 290 hospitals across the country participating. Learn more: https://loom.ly/eD85ecU
Only a few days left to share your #ChoosingWisely projects or innovations! We are still accepting submissions for the National Meeting in Toronto on May 25 & May 26, 2026! Don’t miss your chance to be featured in workshops, breakouts and more. Submit Friday, December 5: https://loom.ly/tKOHZlY
ONE WEEK LEFT to share your #ChoosingWisely projects or innovations! We are still accepting submissions for the National Meeting in Toronto on May 25 & May 26, 2026! Don’t miss your chance to be featured in workshops, breakouts and more.
Submit by Friday, December 5, 2025: https://loom.ly/tKOHZlY
ONLY TWO WEEKS LEFT! Are you leading a #ChoosingWisely project or innovative idea related to overuse? Don’t miss your chance to showcase your work at our National Meeting on May 25 & May 26 in Toronto, ON! Submit your project on #QI, measurement, patient engagement, and more: https://loom.ly/tKOHZlY
The unnecessary use of #antibiotics for toothaches contributes to the global threat of antimicrobial resistance and can lead to patient harm. Our #ChoosingWisely toolkit offers guidance on managing pain without antibiotics. 🦷 Learn how to take the bite out of tooth pain: loom.ly/bWWmfSE
#WAAW2025
Four more weeks to submit content! Don’t miss your chance to be featured in workshops, breakouts and more. Submit your #ChoosingWisely projects or innovations for the 2026 National Meeting until December 5, 2025: https://loom.ly/tKOHZlY
We’ll be in Winnipeg next week at the @cfpc-cmfc.bsky.social Family Medicine Forum! Find us at booth 520 at the RBC Convention Centre from November 5-8 where we’ll share all things #ChoosingWisely in family medicine and primary care. See you there!
#FMF2025
Launched in 2020, Using Blood Wisely is a national #ChoosingWisely program in collaboration with Canadian Blood Services and Héma-Québec. Take a look at our highlights report from the last five years and what's next in advancing transfusion appropriateness across Canada: loom.ly/eD85ecU 🩸
A new #ChoosingWisely piece in the International Journal of Transfusion Medicine discusses raising the single unit transfusion benchmark in Using Blood Wisely, our national quality improvement campaign. Lead author Matthew Ahn asks the question, can we do better? https://loom.ly/x8Ak3js
A recent editorial by Dr. Jerome Leis in BMJ Quality and Safety shares insight on how to scale and spread catheter avoidance nationwide drawing on past #ChoosingWisely campaigns. Read now: https://loom.ly/7DUKAwU
Share your #ChoosingWisely projects or innovations! We are now accepting submissions for the National Meeting in Toronto on May 25 & May 26! Don’t miss your chance to be featured in workshops, breakouts and more.
Submit by December 5: https://loom.ly/tKOHZlY
another TI @drug-evidence.bsky.social + collaborators publication:
It is possible to reduce the unnecessary over-use of TSH and related #thyroid tests!!! But it can be a challenge!
(DM me to ask how I know!)
qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/qhc/...
#choosingwisely #overtesting
October 6 is the inaugural National Day of Action on Planetary Health, encouraging health care professionals and organizations to take actions big or small to address the climate crisis. 🌎 You can protect patients and the planet with #ChoosingWisely climate-conscious recs: https://loom.ly/d5rszrg
Share your #ChoosingWisely projects or innovations! We are now accepting submissions for the National Meeting in Toronto on May 25 & May 26! Don’t miss your chance to be featured in workshops, breakouts and more.
Submit by December 5: https://loom.ly/tKOHZlY
On #WorldPharmacistsDay we recognize pharmacy professionals for their leadership in using health resources wisely and advancing quality care. Check out our #ChoosingWisely list on tests and treatments related to pharmacy practice: https://loom.ly/H8yOQZA
Share your #ChoosingWisely projects or innovations! We are now accepting submissions for the National Meeting in Toronto on May 25 & May 26! Don’t miss your chance to be featured in workshops, breakouts and more. Submit by December 5: https://loom.ly/tKOHZlY
A man standing at a lectern in front of a ppt of a trio of hikers
"The hike is complete but the trail is still there; it needs hikers to be complete."
Daniel Wolfson on the ABIM Foundation #ChoosingWisely program sunsetting and who will take up the banner to improve value in healthcare.
The onus is on us. The trail awaits.
👣🛤️⛰️
