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- Choosing Wisely video for clinicians
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Is shared decision making always appropriate for a Choosing Wisely approach?
Shared decision making and health literacy international expert Kirsten McCaffery* says shared decision making is important for good quality patient-centred care and can play an important role in helping reduce unnecessary, low value care
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Medical colleges warn against unnecessary tests and treatments this winter
With winter upon us, the Council of Medical Colleges and Southern Cross Health Society are encouraging people to think carefully before having some tests, treatments or procedures.
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Choosing Wisely forum – hold the date!
On Friday 1 May 2020 in Wellington, the fourth Choosing Wisely campaign forum will be held in Wellington, in partnership with the Health Quality & Safety Commission.
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Choosing Wisely 2019 forum puts spotlight on unnecessary medical intervention
The Choosing Wisely forum Continuing the Conversation will be held at Te Wharewaka o Pōneke in Wellington on Friday 10 May 2019.
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Choosing Wisely must mean choosing equity
A paper published in the latest New Zealand Medical Journal says the Choosing Wisely campaign must ensure the message 'more is not necessarily better' does not inadvertently worsen the under-treatment for Māori and other groups.
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Blog: System change is key to choosing wisely – part two
Neil Whittaker is GP partner/owner at Nelson East Family Medical Centre and a medical educator. He is a supporter of the Choosing Wisely approach, and believes system change is the...
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Dr Don Berwick on addressing overuse in the new normal
Dr Don Berwick, President Emeritus and Senior Fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement has highlighted how health care systems and providers have an opportunity to learn and change in response to Covid-19.
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New study is further endorsement of New Zealand’s Choosing Wisely campaign
The Council of Medical Colleges says a new study that found hundreds of thousands of patients in the US state of Washington received unnecessary tests, procedures and treatments is further endorsement of New Zealand’s Choosing Wisely campaign.
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Blog: Assessing equity in Choosing Wisely
Researcher Anna Adcock (Ngāti Mutunga) is undertaking research on equity components of the Choosing Wisely campaign for the New Zealand Council of Medical Colleges (CMC) and Te Ohu Rata o...