announcement form HQBC about Appropriate Care / Choosing Wisely hub in British Columbia

🎆It's here!!!!! 🎆

10+ TEN years in the making!!!
Choosing Wisely BC!

We are the LAST but not LEAST province/territory.

healthqualitybc.ca/choosing-wis...

I'm so so so happy!

@healthqualitybc.ca @choosingwiselyca.bsky.social #lessismore #quaternaryprevention #choosingwisely

“High value health care is low carbon health care.” But 10% of what we do is harmful care… Here we have a field for improvement: #quaternaryprevention 😉
@europrev1 Forum @woncaeurope #medsky #primarycare #familymedicine

Slowly dipping my toes into research. First substantial offering: bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/3...

We interviewed 12 experts in British Columbia to explore why patients get unnecessary & harmful things, and what helps to avoid this

#choosingwisely #quaternaryprevention #lessismore #sensiblemedicine

Overtreatment of Prostate Cancer Among Men With Limited Longevity in the Active Surveillance Era This cohort study examines if rates of overtreatment of men with prostate cancer with limited life expectancy have persisted in the active surveillance era and whether overtreatment varies by tumor ri...

Overtreatment of Prostate Cancer Among Men With Limited Longevity in the Active Surveillance Era

Think twice about Tx to avoid unnecessary toxic effects in men with insufficient longevity to benefit from Tx jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... #cancer #overtreatment #quaternaryprevention #palliativecare