Choosing Wisely Canada

Choosing Wisely Ontario

Choosing Wisely Ontario (CWO) is a campaign organized by Health Quality Ontario and Choosing Wisely Canada, in partnership with the Ontario College of Family Physicians.

The current areas of focus for CWO are:

• Preoperative testing prior to low-risk surgeries
• Red blood cell transfusions
• Urinary catheter use
• Benzodiazepines in hospital
• Proton pump inhibitors in primary care
• Appropriate prescribing in the long-term care setting
• Antibiotics prescribing

Among the change strategies being implemented are:

• Physician education
• Patient education
• Audit and feedback
• Process changes

To get involved, contact: CWO@HQOntario.ca

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Choosing Wisely Talks:

• Drs. Michelle Sholzberg, Lisa Hicks and Julie Gilmour: Overutilization in Lab Medicine: Challenges and Opportunities
• Dr. Christine Soong: Tackling Overuse in Hospitals
• Dr. Jerome Leis: Lose the Tube – Reducing Inappropriate Catheter Use at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto
• Drs. Irene Sadek and Yulia Lin: Making Choosing Wisely Bloody Easy! Nova Scotia Health Authority & Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto
• Dr. Lisa Hicks: Choosing Wisely at St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto
• Dr. Dr. Donna McRitchie and Mark Fam: North York General Hospital – Choosing Wisely Implementation, Toronto
• Dr. Sacha Bhatia: Choosing Wisely Canada Measurement Overview

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