North Carolina Choosing Wisely

Welcome Many experts agree that the current way health care is delivered in the United States contains too much waste - with some stating that as much as 30 percent of care delivered is duplicative or unnecessary and may not improve people’s health. It is urgent that health care providers and patients work together and…

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Getting Started with Making Healthy Choices

We have something for your employees. It’s independent, evidence-based, complimentary, and from Consumer Reports. It’s called Making Healthy Choices. It’s advice on how to be a smart consumer in today’s health-care marketplace, where patients and their families are responsible for more and more of their own medical costs and decisions. Consumer Reports has developed these resources to help your…

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Making Healthy Choices

Welcome It’s essential that you and your family become informed consumers of health care to help ensure you receive the best care. Research shows that patients who have a good relationship with their health care providers receive better care and are happier with their care. Consumer Reports has developed the information and resources here to help…

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In Depth: Antibiotics

Antibiotics: Do They Help or Do They Harm? Antibiotics have saved millions of lives. But now we're using them when we don't need them, like for coughs and sore throats. If we keep using them for the wrong reasons, eventually they won't work when we really do need them -- like to fight off…

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In-Depth: Medical Tests Before Surgery

When You Do, and Don't, Need Pre-Op Tests Doctors often order medical tests for patients before surgery. These are called pre-operative or “pre-op” tests. They include chest X-rays, blood and urine samples, and heart and lung tests. These tests can be helpful if you are having serious surgery. But often, pre-op tests are not necessary.…

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Union Plus

Welcome to the Union Plus collaboration with Consumer Reports Union Plus is brought to you by Union Privilege, established by the AFL-CIO in 1986 to deliver Union Plus consumer benefit programs uniquely designed for working families. Union Plus uses the collective buying power of more than 13 million union members to offer over 40 discounts and…

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Recent Additions to Consumer Health Choices

Recent Additions to Consumer Health Choices We’re always expanding our campaigns. Here are the latest updates to our catalog. As of June 30, 2022 From the Choosing Wisely campaign Treating Heartburn and GERD (AGA) Spanish Colonoscopy (AGA) Spanish Taking Medicines Safely (ASHP) Plain English Spanish Managing Side Effects of Cancer and its Treatments (AAN) Spanish As of April 10, 2022 From the Choosing Wisely campaign Diabetes Tests and Treatments Plain English Do…

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NSAIDs

NSAIDs Campaign Series: Best Buy Drugs Medical Category: Drugs Article Type: Price Guide Language: English, Spanish Format: PDF, Video Most recent update: 08/09/2022 The nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are the most frequently used medicines to treat osteoarthritis and mild to moderate pain. They cost from about $4 to more than $300 a month. Files to download The file: NSAIDs → Spanish:…

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Choosing Wisely Implementation Guide

Welcome to the Choosing Wisely Implementation Guide Here's all you need to know to launch your own consumer-facing Choosing Wisely campaign. Whether you're talking with your neighbors, co-workers, patients, employees or customers, we have distilled the lessons, learned by others, into a series of easy steps. Contents of this guide ↓ Starting a campaign Begin with the…

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In Depth

In Depth We have brought together reports from Consumer Reports magazine, Choosing Wisely brochures, our video portfolio and other resources to provide a thorough review of each topic. Each of these topical collections is focused on an issue of particular importance to healthcare consumers. As with other items offered on this site, these materials are free for…

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