June 2019 Learning Network Resources
Upcoming Webinars and Discussions
Tuesday, July 16 at 4:00 PM EST
Join us for the Choosing Wisely Learning Network webinar, “Right Question, Wrong Person.” Speakers Dr. Susan Perez and Beccah Rothschild will discuss the new “Facilitate Cost-of-Care Questions in Health Systems” toolkit and the survey research on which it is based.
Watch a recording of this Webinar.
Blogs, Issue Briefs, Opinion Pieces and More…
- Reducing low value care in vulnerable populations. Health Affairs Blog. June 2019.
- No Shortcuts to Safer Opioid Prescribing. The New England Journal of Medicine. June 2019
- Too Many Medicines Simply Don’t Work. Bloomberg Business Week. May 2019
- Martin Marshall: De-diagnosing disease. BMJ Opinion. May 2019
- NHS to tackle elderly over-medication with 200 new pharmacists. PharmaTimes. May 2019
- New Evidence on Stemming Low-Value Prescribing. NEJM Catalyst. April 2019
Journals
- Malchodi L, Wagner K, Susi A, Gorman G, Hisle-Gorman E. Early Acid Suppression Therapy Exposure and Fracture in Young Children. Pediatrics. June 2019
- Morin L, Wastesson JW, Laroche ML, Fastbom J, Johnell K. How many older adults receive drugs of questionable clinical benefit near the end of life? A cohort study. Palliative Medicine. June 2019
- Kremenchugsky S, Wick JY. Medication Safety, Adherence, and Deprescribing in Patients With Dementia. The Senior Care Pharmacist. June 2019
- Paje D, Rogers MAM, Conlon A, Flanders SA, Bernstein SJ, Chopra V. Use of Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters in Patients With Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease: A Prospective Cohort Study. Annals of Internal Medicine. June 2019
- Suda KJ, Calip GS, Zhou J, Rowan S, Gross AE, Perez RI, McGregor JC, Evans CT. Assessment of the Appropriateness of Antibiotic Prescriptions for Infection Prophylaxis Before Dental Procedures, 2011 to 2015. JAMA Network Open. May 2019
- Kotwal AA, Walter LC, Lee SJ, Dale W. Are We Choosing Wisely? Older Adults’ Cancer Screening Intentions and Recalled Discussions with Physicians About Stopping. PubMed. May 2019
- Matson CC, Beck LA, Rajasekaran SK. Using Language That Reflects Who Is the Center of Our Care. Academic Medicine. May 2019
- Gob A, Bhalla A, L Aseltine, Chin-Yee I. Reducing two-unit red cell transfusions on the oncology ward: a choosing wisely initiative. BMJ Open Quality. 2019
- Statewide Antibiotic Stewardship: An EBright Health Choosing Wisely Initiative. Delaware Journal of Public Health, pg. 50. May 2019
- Molloy MJ, Tamaroff J, McDaniel L, Genies MC. Targeted Education Across Clinical Settings Improves Adherence to Evidence-Based Interventions for Bronchiolitis. Clinical Pediatrics. June 2019
Media Coverage
- Physicians Less Likely to Order Cancer Screening Late in Day. Medscape. May 2019
- Study: 20% of hospitals meet maternity care performance measures. Modern Healthcare. May 2019
- One Hospital’s Plan to Reduce C-Sections: Communicate. The New York Times. June 2019
- Episiotomies are painful, risky and not routinely recommended. Dozens of hospitals are doing too many. USA Today. May 2019
