Welcome to Choosing Wisely in West Virginia
More health care is not always better health care. Some tests, procedures and drugs are ineffective and can actually do harm. For example, taking antibiotics for viral infections like colds and most sinus infections is ineffective since antibiotics have no effect on viruses. The wrong use of antibiotics can have serious side effects for the patient and is creating new antibiotic resistant bacteria.
Choosing Wisely is a national initiative to educate providers and patients on the appropriate use of health care services. Under the leadership of the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Foundation, more than 60 physician and nursing organizations have each identified at least five tests, procedures or drugs in their area of expertise that have questionable value. Altogether, more than 250 tests, procedures and drugs have been identified as having low-value and should be ordered only after an informed discussion between the provider and the patient. All of these low-value tests, procedures and drugs have been selected by a health care provider organization based on current clinical evidence.
Choosing Wisely in West Virginia is a group of diverse organizations that is partnering with the national effort to promote high value health care in the state. It includes physicians, nurses, other health care providers, consumers, state agencies and payers.
Consumer Reports has partnered with the ABIM Foundation to produce over thirty summaries of the questionable tests, procedures and drugs. These summaries are valuable tools for medical providers to use with their patients on why a test, procedure or drug is inappropriate and the potentially adverse consequences. Summaries may be accessed by clicking on the tabs to the left. They may be printed and distributed for free. However, they may not be used for commercial purposes.
Consumers Reports has also developed five questions patients should ask their health care provider to ensure the right care is delivered at the right time.
- Do I really need this test, procedure or drug?
- What are the risks? Ask about side effects and the chances of getting inaccurate tests results.
- Are there simpler, safer options? A lifestyle change may help.
- What happens if I don’t do anything? Ask if your condition might get worse – or better – if you don’t have a test, procedure or drug.
- How much does it cost? Ask if insurance will cover the treatment. Are there less-expensive tests, treatments or procedures? Ask about generic drugs instead of brand-name drugs.
Patients and health care providers working together and having meaningful discussions on the appropriate and wise use of health care can improve the quality of health care and contain cost. It’s in everyone’s best interest to begin this important process.
The Choosing Wisely in West Virginia is funded by generous grants from the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation and the Sisters of St. Joseph Charitable Fund.
For information about this campaign, contact Terri Giles.
Antibiotic Stewardship
Antibiotics have saved millions of lives. But in the future they might not work, because all of us — patients and doctors — are using too many antibiotics.
Antibiotics: When You Need Them and When You Don’t
Antibiotics for Ear Infections in Children (AAFP)
Antibiotics For Pink Eye (AAO)
Antibiotics for Respiratory Illness in Children (AAP)
Antibiotics for Urinary Tract Infections in Older People (AGS)
Antibiotics For Your Skin (AAD)
Oral Antibiotics for Ear Infections (AAO-HNSF)
Tests
Choosing Wisely helps doctors and patients together avoid needless and even harmful procedures.
Each PDF file may be read here, printed or downloaded to the user’s own device.
- Plain English: Allergy Tests
- Spanish: Pruebas para Alergias
- Plain English: Alzheimer’s Disease Testing (SNMMI)
- Spanish: Pruebas para la enfermedad de Alzheimer
- Plain English: Blood Tests for Miscarriage Risk (SMFM)
- Spanish: Pruebas de sangre para mostrar el riesgo de un aborto espontáneo
- Plain English: Blood Tests in the Hospital (SHM)
- Spanish: Pruebas de sangre cuando usted está en el hospital
- English: Cancer Tests and Treatments (ASCO)
- Plain English: Cervical Cancer Screening
- Spanish: Prueba de detección de cáncer cervical
- Plain English: Echocardiography for Heart Valve Disease
- Spanish: Ecocardiografía para valvulopatías cardíacas
- Plain English: EKGs and Exercise Stress Tests
- Spanish: Los electrocardiogramas (ECG) (EKG) y las pruebas de esfuerzo durante el ejercicio
- Plain English: Health Checkups (SGIM)
- Spanish: Exámenes médicos
- Plain English: HIV: When You Need CD4 Tests
- Spanish: Virus de inmunodeficiencia humana (HIV)
- Plain English: Imaging and Blood Tests in Early Breast Cancer (ASCO)
- Spanish: Pruebas de marcadores tumorales y de imágenes para el cáncer de seno
- Plain English: Lab Tests Before Surgery (ASCP)
- Spanish: Pruebas de laboratorio antes de una cirugía
- Plain English: Lyme Disease Tests (ACR)
- Spanish: Pruebas para la Enfermedad de Lyme
- Plain English: Making Smart Decisions About Genetic Testing (ACMG)
- Spanish: Cómo tomar decisiones inteligentes sobre las pruebas genéticas
- Plain English: Medical Tests Before Eye Surgery
- Lower Literacy: Medical Tests Before Eye Surgery
- Spanish: Pruebas médicas antes de una cirugía de ojo
- Lower Literacy Spanish: Hazte exámenes médicos antes de una cirugía de ojos, pero solo si lo necesitas
- Plain English: Medical Tests Before Surgery - When You Need Them, and When You Don't
- Spanish: Pruebas médicas antes de una cirugía
- Plain English: Neck and Back Pain: When You Need Tests (AANEM)
- Spanish: Dolor de cuello y espalda
- Plain English: Pap Tests
- Lower Literacy: Pap Tests
- Spanish: Pruebas de Papanicolaou
- Lower Literacy Spanish: Hazte una prueba de Papanicolau, pero solo cuando la necesites
- Plain English: PSA Test for Prostate Cancer (AAFP)
- Spanish: La prueba de sangre PSA para detectar cáncer de próstata
- Plain English: PSA Tests for Prostate Cancer (AUA)
- Spanish: Las pruebas de sangre del antígeno prostático específico o PSA para el cáncer de próstata
- Plain English: Screening Tests for Ovarian Cancer (SGO)
- Spanish: Exámenes de detección para el cáncer de ovario
- Plain English: Screening Tests: When You Need Them, When You Don't
- Spanish: Pruebas de detección
- Plain English: Spirometry for Asthma
- Spanish: Espirometría para el asma
- Plain English: Stress Tests After a Stent Procedure (SCAI)
- Spanish: Pruebas de esfuerzo después de un procedimiento de endoprótesis o colocación de stent
- Plain English: Stress Tests Before Surgery
- Lower Literacy: Stress Tests Before Surgery
- Spanish: Pruebas de esfuerzo del corazón antes de una cirugía
- Lower Literacy Spanish: Hazte una prueba de esfuerzo cardíaco antes de una cirugía, pero solo si la necesitas
- Plain English: Stress Tests for Chest Pain
- Spanish: Pruebas de esfuerzo para el dolor de pecho
- Plain English: Testing after heart procedures
- Spanish: Pruebas después de procedimientos cardíacos
- Plain English: Tests Before Heart Surgery (STS)
- Spanish: Pruebas antes de una cirugía del corazón
- Plain English: Urinary Tract Infections in Older People (AGS, AMDA)
- Spanish: Pruebas y tratamientos para infecciones de las vías urinarias (UTI) en personas mayores
- Plain English: Vitamin D Tests
- Lower Literacy: Vitamin D Tests
- Spanish: Pruebas de Vitamina D
- Lower Literacy Spanish: Obtén una prueba de vitamina D, pero solo si la necesitas
Allergy Tests (AAAAI)
Alzheimer’s Disease Testing (SNMMI)
Blood Tests for Miscarriage Risk (SMFM)
Blood Tests in the Hospital (SHM)
Cancer Tests and Treatments (ASCO)
Cervical Cancer Screening (ASCCP)
Echocardiography for Heart Valve Disease (ACC)
EKGs and Exercise Stress Tests (AAFP)
Health Checkups (SGIM)
HIV: When You Need CD4 Tests (HIVMA)
Imaging and Blood Tests in Early Breast Cancer (ASCO)
Lab Tests Before Surgery (ASCP)
Lyme Disease Tests (ACR)
Making Smart Decisions About Genetic Testing (ACMG)
Medical Tests Before Eye Surgery (AAO)
Medical Tests Before Surgery
Neck and Back Pain: When You Need Tests (AANEM)
Pap Tests (AAFP)
PSA Test for Prostate Cancer (AAFP)
PSA Tests for Prostate Cancer (AUA)
Screening Tests for Ovarian Cancer (SGO)
Screening Tests: When You Need Them, When You Don’t
Spirometry for Asthma (AAAAI)
Stress Tests After a Stent Procedure (SCAI)
Stress Tests Before Surgery (SVM)
Stress Tests for Chest Pain (ASNC)
Testing After Heart Procedures (ASNC)
Tests Before Heart Surgery (STS)
Urinary Tract Infections in Older People (AGS, AMDA)
Vitamin D Tests (ASCP)
Imaging
Choosing Wisely helps doctors and patients together avoid needless and even harmful procedures.
Each PDF file may be read here, printed or downloaded to the user’s own device.
- Plain English: Bone-Density Tests
- Lower Literacy: Bone-Density Tests
- Spanish: Pruebas de Densidad de los Huesos
- Lower Literacy Spanish: Realízate una densitometría ósea, pero solo si la necesitas
- Plain English: Brain Scans for Head Injuries
- Spanish: Las tomografías del cerebro para las lesiones de la cabeza
- Plain English: Cardiac Imaging Stress Tests
- Spanish: Pruebas de esfuerzo con imágenes
- Plain English: Chest X-rays Before Surgery
- Spanish: Radiografía del tórax antes de una cirugía
- Video: Do You Need a Chest X-ray Before Surgery?
- Plain English: Clogged Neck Arteries (AAFP)
- Spanish: Arterias del cuello obstruidas
- Plain English: CMR Tests for Chest Pain and Cardiac Screening (SCMR)
- Spanish: Pruebas de CMR para el dolor de pecho y examen cardíaco
- Plain English: CT Scans for Children With Head Injuries (AAP)
- Spanish: Tomografías (CT scans) para niños con lesiones en la cabeza
- Plain English: CT Scans in the Emergency Department
- Plain English: CT Scans in the Emergency Department (for printer)
- Spanish: CT scans en el departamento de emergencias
- Spanish: CT scans en el departamento de emergencias (for printer)
- Plain English: CT Scans to Find Lung Cancer in Smokers (CHEST/ATS)
- Spanish: Tomografías (CT scans) para detectar cáncer de pulmón en fumadores
- Plain English: Do You Need a CT Scan for a Head Injury?
- Plain English: Do You Need a CT Scan for a Head Injury? (for printer)
- Spanish: ¿Necesita una tomografía computarizada (CT scan) por una lesión en la cabeza?
- Spanish: ¿Necesita una tomografía computarizada (CT scan) por una lesión en la cabeza? (for printer)
- Plain English: Echocardiogram Before Surgery (ASE)
- Spanish: Un ecocardiograma antes de una cirugía
- Plain English: Echocardiography After Valve Surgery (STS)
- Spanish: Un ecocardiograma después de una cirugía para reemplazar una válvula cardíaca
- Plain English: Echocardiography for Heart Valve Disease
- Spanish: Ecocardiografía para valvulopatías cardíacas
- Plain English: Five Ways to be Smart About Back Pain
- Plain English: Five Ways to be Smart About Back Pain (for printer)
- Spanish: 5 maneras de manejar el dolor de la espalda baja sabiamente
- Spanish: 5 maneras de manejar el dolor de la espalda baja sabiamente (for printer)
- Plain English: Five Ways to be Smart About Back Pain
- Plain English: Five Ways to be Smart About Back Pain (for printer)
- Spanish: 5 maneras de manejar el dolor de la espalda baja sabiamente
- Spanish: 5 maneras de manejar el dolor de la espalda baja sabiamente (for printer)
- Plain English: Heart Imaging Before Surgery
- Spanish: Pruebas de imágenes del corazón antes de una cirugía
- Plain English: Heart Imaging Tests Before Surgery
- Spanish: Pruebas de imágenes del corazón antes de una cirugía
- Plain English: Heart Stress Tests Before Chest Surgery (STS)
- Spanish: Pruebas de esfuerzo del corazón antes de una cirugía de tórax
- Plain English: Imaging and Blood Tests in Early Breast Cancer (ASCO)
- Spanish: Pruebas de marcadores tumorales y de imágenes para el cáncer de seno
- Plain English: Imaging for Headaches
- Plain English: Imaging for Headaches (for printer)
- Spanish: Pruebas de imagen por dolores de cabeza
- Spanish: Pruebas de imagen por dolores de cabeza (for printer)
- Plain English: Imaging for Hearing Problems
- Spanish: Problemas auditivos
- Plain English: Imaging Tests After a Heart Procedure (ACC)
- Spanish: Pruebas de imágenes después de un procedimiento cardíaco
- Plain English: Imaging Tests for Back Pain
- Lower Literacy: Imaging Tests for Back Pain
- Spanish: Pruebas radiológicas debido a dolor en la parte baja de la espalda
- Lower Literacy Spanish: ¿Tienes dolor en la espalda baja?
- Plain English: Imaging Tests for Colorectal Cancer
- Spanish: Pruebas de imágenes para el cáncer colorrectal
- Plain English: Imaging Tests for Early Prostate Cancer (ASCO)
- Spanish: Pruebas de imágenes para el cáncer de próstata en su etapa temprana
- Plain English: Imaging Tests for Headaches (ACR)
- Spanish: Pruebas de imágenes para dolores de cabeza
- Plain English: Imaging Tests for Heart Disease
- Spanish: Pruebas de Imágenes para la enfermedad cardíaca
- Plain English: Imaging Tests for Lower-Back Pain
- Spanish: Pruebas radiológicas debido a dolor en la parte baja de la espalda
- Plain English: Imaging Tests for Melanoma
- Spanish: Pruebas de imágenes para el melanoma
- Plain English: Imaging Tests for Ovarian Cysts
- Spanish: Pruebas de imágenes para quistes ováricos
- Plain English: Does your lower back hurt?
- Plain English: Does your lower back hurt? (For printer)
- Spanish: ¿Le duele la parte baja de la espalda?
- Spanish: ¿Le duele la parte baja de la espalda? (For printer)
- Plain English: PET Scans After Cancer Treatment (ASCO)
- Spanish: Tomografías (PET scans) después del tratamiento contra el cáncer
- Plain English: Screening Tests for Brain Aneurysms
- Spanish: Pruebas de detección para aneurismas cerebrales
- Plain English: When You Need a CT Scan to Check for a Blood Clot in Your Lungs
- Plain English: When You Need a CT Scan to Check for a Blood Clot in Your Lungs (for printer)
- Spanish: Cuándo necesita una CT scan para saber si tiene un coágulo en los pulmones
- Spanish: Cuándo necesita una CT scan para saber si tiene un coágulo en los pulmones (for printer)
- Plain English: Whole-Body Scans to Screen for Cancer (ACPM)
- Spanish: Tomografías de todo el cuerpo para detectar cáncer
- Plain English: Why the Doctor May Not Order a CT Scan for Kidney Stones
- Plain English: Why the Doctor May Not Order a CT Scan for Kidney Stones (for printer)
- Spanish: Por qué el médico podría decidir no hacerle una CT scan para saber si tiene piedras en el riñón
- Spanish: Por qué el médico podría decidir no hacerle una CT scan para saber si tiene piedras en el riñón (for printer)
Bone-Density Tests (AAFP)
Brain Scans for Head Injuries (AMSSM)
Cardiac Imaging Stress Tests (ASNC)
Chest X-rays Before Surgery (ACR)
Clogged Neck Arteries (AAFP)
CMR Tests for Chest Pain and Cardiac Screening (SCMR)
CT Scans for Children With Head Injuries (AAP)
CT Scans in the Emergency Department (ACEP)
CT Scans to Find Lung Cancer in Smokers (CHEST/ATS)
Do You Need a CT Scan for a Head Injury? (ACEP)
Echocardiogram Before Surgery (ASE)
Echocardiography After Valve Surgery (STS)
Echocardiography for Heart Valve Disease (ACC)
Five Ways to be Smart About Back Pain (large poster)
Five Ways to be Smart About Back Pain (small poster)
Heart Imaging Before Surgery (ACC)
Heart Imaging Tests Before Surgery (ASNC)
Heart Stress Tests Before Chest Surgery (STS)
Imaging and Blood Tests in Early Breast Cancer (ASCO)
Imaging for Headaches (rack card)
Imaging for Hearing Problems (AAO-HNSF)
Imaging Tests After a Heart Procedure (ACC)
Imaging Tests for Back Pain (AAFP)
Imaging Tests for Colorectal Cancer (SSO)
Imaging Tests for Early Prostate Cancer (ASCO)
Imaging Tests for Headaches (ACR)
Imaging Tests for Heart Disease (ACC)
Imaging Tests for Lower-Back Pain (NASS)
Imaging Tests for Melanoma (SSO)
Imaging Tests for Ovarian Cysts (ACR)
Lower Back Pain (rack card)
PET Scans After Cancer Treatment (ASCO)
Screening Tests for Brain Aneurysms (AANS)
When You Need a CT Scan to Check for a Blood Clot in Your Lungs (ACEP)
Whole-Body Scans to Screen for Cancer (ACPM)
Why the Doctor May Not Order a CT Scan for Kidney Stones (ACEP)
Drugs
Choosing Wisely helps doctors and patients together avoid needless and even harmful procedures.
Each PDF file may be read here, printed or downloaded to the user’s own device.
- Plain English: Antibiotic Treatment in the Hospital (SHEA)
- Spanish: Tratamiento antibiótico en el hospital
- Plain English: Five Questions to Ask Your Doctor Before You Take Antibiotics
- Plain English: Five Questions to Ask Your Doctor Before You Take Antibiotics (for printer)
- Spanish: 5 preguntas para hacer a tu médico antes de tomar antibióticos
- Spanish: 5 preguntas para hacer a tu médico antes de tomar antibióticos (for printer)
- Plain English: Five Questions to Ask Your Doctor Before You Take Antibiotics
- Plain English: Five Questions to Ask Your Doctor Before You Take Antibiotics (for printer)
- Spanish: 5 preguntas para hacer a tu médico antes de tomar antibióticos
- Spanish: 5 preguntas para hacer a tu médico antes de tomar antibióticos (for printer)
- Plain English: Antibiotics for Ear Infections in Children (AAFP)
- Spanish: Antibióticos para infecciones del oído en niños
- Plain English: Antibiotics for People With Catheters (AUA)
- Spanish: Antibióticos para personas con sondas
- Plain English: Antibiotics for Pink Eye (AAO)
- Spanish: Antibióticos para la conjuntivitis
- Plain English: Antibiotics for Respiratory Illness in Adults
- Lower Literacy: Can Antibiotics Help You Feel Better?
- Spanish: Resfriados, influenza y otras enfermedades respiratorias en adultos
- Lower Literacy Spanish: ¿Pueden los antibióticos ayudarte a sentirte mejor?
- Plain English: Antibiotics for Respiratory Illness in Children (AAP)
- Spanish: Antibióticos para garganta irritada, tos o nariz tapada
- Plain English: Antibiotics for Urinary Tract Infections in Older People (AGS)
- Spanish: Antibióticos para las infecciones de las vías urinarias en personas mayores
- Plain English: Antibiotics For Your Skin
- Plain English: Antibiotics For Your Skin (for printer)
- Spanish: Antibióticos para la piel
- Spanish: Antibióticos para la piel (for printer)
- Plain English: Antibiotics: When You Need Them and When You Don't
- Spanish: Antibióticos: Cuándo se necesitan y cuándo no
- Plain English: Antibiotics: Will They Help You or Hurt You?
- Plain English: Antibiotics: Will They Help You or Hurt You? (For offset printing)
- Spanish: Antibióticos: ¿Te ayudarán o te harán daño?
- Spanish: Antibióticos: ¿Te ayudarán o te harán daño? (For offset printing)
- Plain English: Treating disruptive behavior in people with dementia
- Spanish: Tratamiento del comportamiento problemático en personas con demencia
- Plain English: Avoid Opioids for Most Long-Term Pain
- Plain English: Avoid Opioids for Most Long-Term Pain (for printer)
- Lower Literacy: Avoid Opioids for Most Long-Term Pain
- Spanish: Evite los opioides contra casi todos los dolores de larga duración
- Spanish: Evite los opioides contra casi todos los dolores de larga duración (for printer)
- Plain English: Cholesterol Drugs for People Over 75 (AMDA)
- Spanish: Medicamentos para el colesterol para personas mayores de 75 años
- Plain English: Diabetes Tests and Treatments
- Plain English: Diabetes Tests and Treatments (for printer)
- Spanish: Pruebas y tratamientos para la diabetes
- Spanish: Pruebas y tratamientos para la diabetes (for printer)
- Plain English: Dietary Supplements to Prevent Heart Disease or Cancer (ACPM)
- Spanish: Suplementos dietéticos para prevenir la enfermedad cardíaca o el cáncer
- Plain English: Drugs for Migraine Headaches
- Spanish: Tratamiento de migrañas
- Plain English: Drugs for Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Spanish: Cómo tratar la artritis reumatoide
- Plain English: Drugs to Prevent Infection During Chemotherapy (ASCO)
- Spanish: Medicamentos para aumentar los glóbulos blancos en pacientes con cáncer que reciben quimioterapia
- Plain English: 5 Questions to Ask Your Doctor Before You Take Antibiotics
- Plain English: 5 Questions to Ask Your Doctor Before You Take Antibiotics (For Printer)
- Spanish: 5 preguntas para hacerle al doctor antes de tomar antibióticos
- Spanish: 5 preguntas para hacerle al doctor antes de tomar antibióticos (For Printer)
- Plain English: 5 Questions to Ask Your Doctor Before You Take Antibiotics
- Plain English: 5 Questions to Ask Your Doctor Before You Take Antibiotics (For Printer)
- Spanish: 5 preguntas para hacerle al doctor antes de tomar antibióticos
- Spanish: 5 preguntas para hacerle al doctor antes de tomar antibióticos (For Printer)
- Plain English: Medicines to Relieve Chronic Pain (ASA)
- Spanish: Medicinas para aliviar el dolor crónico
- Plain English: Medicines to Treat Cancer (ASCO)
- Spanish: Medicinas para tratar el cáncer
- Plain English: Opioids for Pain
- Plain English: Opioids for Pain (for printer)
- Spanish: ¿Tienes dolor constante que no es por cáncer o una enfermedad terminal?
- Spanish: ¿Tienes dolor constante que no es por cáncer o una enfermedad terminal? (for printer)
- Plain English: Oral Antibiotics for Ear Infections (AAO-HNSF)
- Spanish: Antibióticos orales para las infecciones del oído
- Plain English: Painkiller Choices With Kidney or Heart Problems (ASN)
- Spanish: Medicinas para el dolor
- Plain English: Preventing Seizures After an Ischemic Stroke (AANS, CNS)
- Spanish: Prevención de convulsiones después de un ataque cerebral isquémico
- Plain English: Sleeping Pills for Children With Insomnia (AASM)
- Spanish: Evite dar somníferos a los niños con insomnio
- Plain English: Sleeping Pills for Insomnia (AASM)
- Spanish: Las pastillas para dormir para el insomnio
- Plain English: Sleeping Pills for Insomnia and Anxiety in Older People
- Lower Literacy: Sleeping Pills for Insomnia and Anxiety in Older People
- Spanish: Insomnio y ansiedad en personas mayores
- Lower Literacy Spanish: Las píldoras para dormir podrían tener riesgos para los adultos mayores
- Plain English: Supplements for Osteoarthritis (AAOS)
- Spanish: El tratamiento de la osteoartritis de la rodilla
- Plain English: Taking Medicines Safely
- Spanish: Cómo tomar medicinas de forma segura
- Plain English: Testosterone for Erection Problems (AUA)
- Spanish: Tratamiento para los problemas de erección
- Plain English: Think Your Child Needs Antibiotics?
- Plain English: Think your child needs antibiotics? (For printing)
- Spanish: ¿Crees que tu hijo necesita antibióticos?
- Spanish: ¿Crees que tu hijo necesita antibióticos? (For printing)
- Plain English: Treating Heartburn and GERD
- Spanish: Cómo tratar las agruras y la enfermedad de reflujo gastroesofágico
- Plain English: Treating Sinusitis
- Spanish: Cómo tratar la sinusitis
- Video: Para tratar la sinusitis
- Video: Treating sinusitis
- Plain English: Treating Sinus Problems
- Spanish: Cómo tratar la sinusitis
- Video: Treating Sinusitis
- Video: Para tratar la sinusitis
- Plain English: Treating Sleep Problems (APA)
- Spanish: Tratamiento de problemas del sueño
- Plain English: Using Opioids Safely After Surgery
- Spanish: El uso seguro de los opioides después de una cirugía
- Plain English: You May Not Need Antibiotics for Your Skin
- Plain English: You May Not Need Antibiotics for Your Skin (for printer, small)
- Plain English: You May Not Need Antibiotics for Your Skin (for printer, large)
- Spanish: Usted podría no necesitar antibióticos para la piel
- Spanish: Usted podría no necesitar antibióticos para la piel (for printer, small)
- Spanish: Usted podría no necesitar antibióticos para la piel (for printer, large)
Antibiotic Treatment in the Hospital (SHEA)
Antibiotics (rack card)
Antibiotics (rack card) (for children)
Antibiotics for Ear Infections in Children (AAFP)
Antibiotics for People With Catheters (AUA)
Antibiotics for Pink Eye (AAO)
Antibiotics for Respiratory Illness in Adults (IDSA)
Antibiotics for Respiratory Illness in Children (AAP)
Antibiotics for Urinary Tract Infections in Older People (AGS)
Antibiotics for Your Skin (AAD)
Antibiotics: When You Need Them and When You Don’t
Antibiotics: Will They Help You or Hurt You?
Antipsychotic Drugs for People with Dementia (AGS)
Avoid Opioids for Most Long-Term Pain
Cholesterol Drugs for People Over 75 (AMDA)
Diabetes Tests and Treatments
Dietary Supplements to Prevent Heart Disease or Cancer (ACPM)
Drugs for Migraine Headaches (AAN)
Drugs for Rheumatoid Arthritis (ACR)
Drugs to Prevent Infection During Chemotherapy (ASCO)
Five Questions to Ask Your Doctor About Antibiotics (large posters, for children)
Five Questions to Ask Your Doctor About Antibiotics (small posters, for children)
Medicines to Relieve Chronic Pain (ASA)
Medicines to Treat Cancer (ASCO)
Opioids for Pain (rack card)
Oral Antibiotics for Ear Infections (AAO-HNSF)
Painkiller Choices With Kidney or Heart Problems (ASN)
Preventing Seizures After an Ischemic Stroke (AANS, CNS)
Sleeping Pills for Children With Insomnia (AASM)
Sleeping Pills for Insomnia (AASM)
Sleeping Pills for Insomnia and Anxiety in Older People (AGS)
Supplements for Osteoarthritis (AAOS)
Taking Medicines Safely (ASHP)
Testosterone for Erection Problems (AUA)
Think Your Child Needs Antibiotics?
Treating Heartburn and GERD (AGA)
Treating Sinusitis (AAAAI)
Treating Sinusitis (AAFP)
Treating Sleep Problems (APA)
Using Opioids Safely After Surgery (AUA)
You May Not Need Antibiotics for Your Skin (AAD)
Procedures
Choosing Wisely helps doctors and patients together avoid needless and even harmful procedures.
Each PDF file may be read here, printed or downloaded to the user’s own device.
- Plain English: Advice for Caregivers: Treatments and Tests for Seniors
- Spanish: Consejos para los cuidadores
- Plain English: Artery and Vein Problems
- Spanish: Problemas de las arterias y las venas
- Plain English: Ask Your Doctor: Do I Need This Cancer Test or Treatment? (ASCO)
- Spanish: Pregúntele a su médico: ¿Necesito esta prueba o tratamiento para el cáncer?
- Plain English: Back Pain Tests and Treatments (AAPM&R;)
- Spanish: Pruebas y tratamientos para el dolor de espalda
- Plain English: Bed Rest for Lower-Back Pain (NASS)
- Spanish: Tratamiento del dolor en la parte baja de la espalda
- Plain English: Blood Transfusions for Anemia in the Hospital (ASH)
- Spanish: Transfusiones de sangre para la anemia en el hospital
- Plain English: Breast Biopsy
- Spanish: Biopsia del seno
- English: Cancer Tests and Treatments (ASCO)
- Plain English: Care at the End of Life for Advanced Cancer Patients (ASCO)
- Spanish: Cuidados al fin de la vida para pacientes con cáncer avanzado
- Plain English: Carotid Artery Surgery
- Spanish: Cirugía de la arteria carótida
- Plain English: Chiropractic Spinal Care for Lower-Back Pain
- Spanish: Atención quiropráctica de la columna vertebral para dolor en la zona lumbar
- Plain English: Colonoscopy
- Spanish: Colonoscopía
- Plain English: Dental Fillings That Contain Mercury
- Spanish: Empastes dentales que contienen mercurio
- Plain English: Do You Really Need That Medical Test or Treatment?
- Plain English: Do You Really Need That Medical Test or Treatment? (for printer)
- Spanish: ¿Realmente necesitas esa prueba o tratamiento médico?
- Spanish: ¿Realmente necesitas esa prueba o tratamiento médico? (for printer)
- Plain English: Early Delivery (ACOG, AAFP)
- Spanish: Al dar a luz a su bebé
- Plain English: Feeding Tubes for People With Alzheimer’s (AGS, AAHPM)
- Spanish: Sondas de Alimentación para las personas con Alzheimer
- Plain English: Five Physical Therapy Treatments You Probably Don’t Need (APTA)
- Spanish: Terapia Física
- Plain English: Home apnea monitors for SIDs (AAP)
- Spanish: Monitores caseros para la apnea para el SIDS
- Plain English: Home Oxygen After a Hospital Stay (CHEST/ATS)
- Spanish: Oxígeno en casa después de una estadía en el hospital
- Plain English: Hospital Hazards (AAN)
- Spanish: Peligros en el hospital
- Plain English: Immunoglobulin Replacement Therapy
- Spanish: Terapia de reemplazo de IgG
- Plain English: Implanted Heart Devices at the End of Life (AAHPM)
- Spanish: Dispositivos cardíacos implantados al final de la vida
- Plain English: Kidney Disease (ASN)
- Spanish: Enfermedad Renal Crónica
- Plain English: Managing Side Effects of Cancer and its Treatments
- Spanish: Cómo controlar los efectos secundarios del cáncer y sus tratamientos
- Plain English: Monitoring Your Baby's Heartbeat During Labor (AAN)
- Spanish: Monitoreo del latido cardíaco del bebé durante el trabajo de parto
- Plain English: Overactive Bladder and Pelvic Organ Prolapse
- Spanish: Vejiga hiperactiva y prolapso de órganos pélvicos
- Plain English: Palliative Care (AAHPM)
- Spanish: Cuidados Paliativos
- Plain English: Pelvic Exams and Pap Tests Before Contraceptives (AAFP)
- Spanish: Exámenes pélvicos, exámenes de Papanicolau y anticonceptivos orales
- Plain English: Preventing Infections in the Hospital
- Spanish: Cómo prevenir las infecciones en el hospital
- Plain English: Questions to Ask Your Doctor About Radiation for Cancer (ASTRO)
- Spanish: Preguntas sobre la radiación para el cáncer
- Plain English: Radiation Therapy for Breast and Gynecologic Cancers (ASTRO)
- Spanish: La radioterapia para los cánceres ginecológicos y de seno
- Plain English: Radiation Therapy for Cancer (ASTRO)
- Spanish: La radioterapia para el cáncer
- Plain English: Sentinel Node Biopsy for Breast Cancer (CoC, NAPBC)
- Spanish: Tratamiento para el cáncer de seno
- Plain English: Stable Heart Disease (SCAI)
- Spanish: Enfermedad cardíaca estable
- Plain English: Tests and Treatments Employees May Not Need (ACOEM)
- Spanish: Pruebas y tratamientos que posiblemente sus empleados no necesiten
- Plain English: Tests and Treatments for Prostate Cancer
- Plain English: Tests and Treatments for Prostate Cancer (for printer)
- Plain English: Tests and Treatments for Prostate Cancer (for printer)
- Spanish: Exámenes y tratamientos para el cáncer de próstata
- Spanish: Exámenes y tratamientos para el cáncer de próstata )for printer)
- Plain English: Tests and Treatments for Women with Breast Cancer
- Spanish: Pruebas y tratamientos para mujeres con cáncer de seno
- Plain English: Treating Acute Blood Clots (ASH)
- Spanish: Tratamiento de coágulos sanguíneos agudos
- Plain English: Treating Blocked Leg Arteries (SVM)
- Spanish: Tratamiento de arterias obstruidas en las piernas
- Plain English: Treating Low-Risk Prostate Cancer (ASTRO)
- Spanish: Cáncer de próstata de bajo riesgo
- Plain English: Treating Plantar Fasciitis (AOFAS)
- Spanish: Tratamiento de la Fascitis Plantar
- Plain English: Treatments and Tests Your Baby May Not Need in the Hospital (AAP)
- Spanish: Tratamientos y pruebas que probablemente su bebé no necesite en el hospital
- Plain English: Unnecessary Treatments in the Emergency Room (ACEP)
- Spanish: Evite tratamientos innecesarios en la sala de emergencias
- Plain English: Vision Care for Children (AAPOS)
- Spanish: Cuidado de la vista para los niños
- Plain English: When It's Hard to Get Pregnant (ASRM)
- Spanish: Cuando es difícil embarazarse
- Plain English: Which Dental Treatments Are Right for You?
- Plain English: Which Dental Treatments Are Right for You? (for printer)
- Spanish: ¿Qué tratamientos dentales son los adecuados para usted?
- Spanish: ¿Qué tratamientos dentales son los adecuados para usted? (for printer)
Advice for Caregivers: Treatments and Tests for Seniors
Artery and Vein Problems (SVS)
Ask Your Doctor: Do I Need This Cancer Test or Treatment? (ASCO)
Back Pain Tests and Treatments (AAPM&R)
Bed Rest for Lower-Back Pain (NASS)
Blood Transfusions for Anemia in the Hospital (ASH)
Breast Biopsy (CoC)
Cancer Tests and Treatments (ASCO)
Care at the End of Life for Advanced Cancer Patients (ASCO)
Carotid Artery Surgery (AAN)
Chiropractic Spinal Care for Lower-Back Pain (ACA)
Colonoscopy (AGA)
Dental Fillings That Contain Mercury (ACMT, AACT)
Do You Really Need That Medical Test or Treatment? (rack card)
Early Delivery (ACOG, AAFP)
Feeding Tubes for People With Alzheimer’s (AGS, AAHPM)
Five Physical Therapy Treatments You Probably Don’t Need (APTA)
Home Apnea Monitors for SIDs (AAP)
Home Oxygen After a Hospital Stay (CHEST/ATS)
Hospital Hazards (AAN)
Immunoglobulin Replacement Therapy (AAAAI)
Implanted Heart Devices at the End of Life (AAHPM)
Kidney Disease (ASN)
Managing Side Effects of Cancer and its Treatments (AAN)
Monitoring Your Baby’s Heartbeat During Labor (AAN)
Overactive Bladder and Pelvic Organ Prolapse (AUGS)
Palliative Care (AAHPM)
Pelvic Exams and Pap Tests Before Contraceptives (AAFP)
Preventing Infections in the Hospital (SHM)
Questions to Ask Your Doctor About Radiation for Cancer (ASTRO)
Radiation Therapy for Breast and Gynecologic Cancers (ASTRO)
Radiation Therapy for Cancer (ASTRO)
Sentinel Node Biopsy for Breast Cancer (CoC, NAPBC)
Stable Heart Disease (SCAI)
Tests and Treatments Employees May Not Need (ACOEM)
Tests and Treatments for Prostate Cancer
Tests and Treatments for Women with Breast Cancer (ASBS)
Treating Acute Blood Clots (ASH)
Treating Blocked Leg Arteries (SVM)
Treating Low-Risk Prostate Cancer (ASTRO)
Treating Plantar Fasciitis (AOFAS)
Treatments and Tests Your Baby May Not Need in the Hospital (AAP)
Unnecessary Treatments in the Emergency Room (ACEP)
Vision Care for Children (AAPOS)
When It’s Hard to Get Pregnant (ASRM)
Which Dental Treatments Are Right for You? (ADA)
Choosing Wisely in Kanawha County
Thanks to a generous grant from The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation, West Virginians for Affordable Health Care has begun a pilot project called Choosing Wisely in Kanawha County.
Medical, nursing and health care organizations are invited to become Partner Organizations in the initiative, and promote participation by their members. Organizations interested in joining this quality improvement initiative can become a Partner Organization by clicking here and completing the form.
Individual clinical practitioners are invited to become Participating Providers. Participating Providers will be asked to help evaluate the Choosing Wisely process. Their input will aid in the further development of the Choosing Wisely in West Virginia initiative.
Participating Providers will:
- Receive Choosing Wisely material to engage patients in a dialogue about using health care appropriately to improve quality and contain cost.
- Be recognized as a Participating Provider in Choosing Wisely in Kanawha County’s printed materials, on the website, and, possibly, in the news media.
- Complete a short online survey about their experience with the initiative. This survey will be conducted three to six months after participation begins.
Our success depends on the participation of clinical providers in Kanawha County. Please consider becoming a Participating Provider and helping to evaluate the effectiveness of this process. If you are interested in becoming a Participating Provider, please click here and complete the Participating Provider Agreement form.
Completed Partner Organization agreements and Participating Provider agreements can be return to Nancy Tolliver at [email protected] or 830 Walters Road, Charleston, West Virginia 25314.
You can learn more about the Choosing Wisely in Kanawha County initiative by clicking on this PowerPoint.
Partner Organizations
Partner Organizations are those organizations that have agreed to collaborate with the Choosing Wisely in Kanawha County through encouraging their members working in Kanawha County to become Participating Providers. We thank these organizations for exhibiting leadership and becoming involved.
- Cabin Creek Health Systems
- Kanawha - Charleston Health Department
- Kanawha Medical Society
- Thomas Hospital System
- West Virginia Nurses Association
- West Virginia Partnership for Elder Living
- West Virginia Primary Care Association
- West Virginia State Medical Association
Participating Providers
Participating Providers are those individual physicians, advance practice registered nurses, or social workers who have agreed to implement Choosing Wisely in their practice and participate in an evaluation through an online survey. We thank these individuals for their participation.
- Aila Accad, RN, MSN
- Traci Boyd Acklin, MD, Montgomery Pediatricians
- Bonnie Bailey, MD, New Century Emergency Physicians of WV
- Mary J. Bailey, MD, FamilyCare
- Elizabeth Baldwin, APRN, PNP, BC
- Sven Berg, MD, MPH, CPE, West Virginia Medical Institute
- Anne Berry, MD, Family and Maternity Care
- April R. Cartwright, LPN, Public Health Nurse
- Amber Coll, RN, CLC
- Sandra Cotton, DNP, APRN, ANP-BC
- Christy A. Estep, DO, FamilyCare
- Bethany Ferris, RN, BSN
- Lissa Gonzalez, APRN, FNP-BC
- Dawn L. Grigsby, APRN FNP-BC
- Zeina N. Haidar, MD, FamilyCare
- Yalanda Hylselan, RNC
- Rachele N. Jeffries, Pa-C, FamilyCare
- Mary B. Jenkins, MD, FamilyCare
- Amanda S. Keeney-Carte, PA-C, FamilyCare
- Linda Kessinger, MD, FamilyCare
- Sarah D. Knight, APRN, FP-BC, FamilyCare
- Lester Labus, MD
- Qamar Maimoore, MD, FAAP, FamilyCare
- Laure Marino, APRN, FNP, GNP
- Jessica McColley, DO, Maternal Child Health
- Susan Morgan, RN
- Holly R. Murriner, PA-C, FamilyCare
- Angelita Nixon, CNM
- Jamie Peden, RN, IBCLC
- Kelly Priddy, RNC-OB
- Asni Samples, RN
- Virginia Selanik, APRN, FNP, RN
- Samantha Smith, RNC–OB
- Amber Torman, MSN, RNC-OB
- Lauren A. Trozzi, MSN, FNP-BC
- Tracy A. Underwood, FNP-BC
- Kimberly K. Yow, RN3
En español
La mayoría de nuestros informes sobre fármacos, pruebas y tratamientos están disponibles en español. Hemos reunido a todos los informes en un solo sitio.
- Spanish: Consejos para los cuidadores
- Spanish: Pruebas para Alergias
- Spanish: Pruebas para la enfermedad de Alzheimer
- Spanish: Tratamiento antibiótico en el hospital
- Spanish: 5 preguntas para hacer a tu médico antes de tomar antibióticos
- Spanish: 5 preguntas para hacer a tu médico antes de tomar antibióticos (for printer)
- Spanish: 5 preguntas para hacer a tu médico antes de tomar antibióticos
- Spanish: 5 preguntas para hacer a tu médico antes de tomar antibióticos (for printer)
- Spanish: Antibióticos para infecciones del oído en niños
- Spanish: Antibióticos para personas con sondas
- Spanish: Antibióticos para la conjuntivitis
- Spanish: Resfriados, influenza y otras enfermedades respiratorias en adultos
- Spanish: Antibióticos para garganta irritada, tos o nariz tapada
- Spanish: Antibióticos para las infecciones de las vías urinarias en personas mayores
- Spanish: Antibióticos para la piel
- Spanish: Antibióticos para la piel (for printer)
- Spanish: Antibióticos: Cuándo se necesitan y cuándo no
- Spanish: Antibióticos: ¿Te ayudarán o te harán daño?
- Spanish: Antibióticos: ¿Te ayudarán o te harán daño? (For offset printing)
- Spanish: Tratamiento del comportamiento problemático en personas con demencia
- Spanish: Problemas de las arterias y las venas
- Spanish: Pregúntele a su médico: ¿Necesito esta prueba o tratamiento para el cáncer?
- Spanish: Evite los opioides contra casi todos los dolores de larga duración
- Spanish: Evite los opioides contra casi todos los dolores de larga duración (for printer)
- Spanish: Pruebas y tratamientos para el dolor de espalda
- Spanish: Tratamiento del dolor en la parte baja de la espalda
- Spanish: Pruebas de sangre para mostrar el riesgo de un aborto espontáneo
- Spanish: Pruebas de sangre cuando usted está en el hospital
- Spanish: Transfusiones de sangre para la anemia en el hospital
- Spanish: Pruebas de Densidad de los Huesos
- Spanish: Las tomografías del cerebro para las lesiones de la cabeza
- Spanish: Biopsia del seno
- Spanish: Pruebas de esfuerzo con imágenes
- Spanish: Cuidados al fin de la vida para pacientes con cáncer avanzado
- Spanish: Cirugía de la arteria carótida
- Spanish: Prueba de detección de cáncer cervical
- Spanish: Radiografía del tórax antes de una cirugía
- Spanish: Atención quiropráctica de la columna vertebral para dolor en la zona lumbar
- Spanish: Medicamentos para el colesterol para personas mayores de 75 años
- Spanish: Arterias del cuello obstruidas
- Spanish: Pruebas de CMR para el dolor de pecho y examen cardíaco
- Spanish: Colonoscopía
- Spanish: Tomografías (CT scans) para niños con lesiones en la cabeza
- Spanish: CT scans en el departamento de emergencias
- Spanish: CT scans en el departamento de emergencias (for printer)
- Spanish: Tomografías (CT scans) para detectar cáncer de pulmón en fumadores
- Spanish: Empastes dentales que contienen mercurio
- Spanish: Pruebas y tratamientos para la diabetes
- Spanish: Pruebas y tratamientos para la diabetes (for printer)
- Spanish: Suplementos dietéticos para prevenir la enfermedad cardíaca o el cáncer
- Spanish: ¿Necesita una tomografía computarizada (CT scan) por una lesión en la cabeza?
- Spanish: ¿Necesita una tomografía computarizada (CT scan) por una lesión en la cabeza? (for printer)
- Spanish: ¿Realmente necesitas esa prueba o tratamiento médico?
- Spanish: ¿Realmente necesitas esa prueba o tratamiento médico? (for printer)
- Spanish: Tratamiento de migrañas
- Spanish: Cómo tratar la artritis reumatoide
- Spanish: Medicamentos para aumentar los glóbulos blancos en pacientes con cáncer que reciben quimioterapia
- Spanish: Al dar a luz a su bebé
- Spanish: Un ecocardiograma antes de una cirugía
- Spanish: Un ecocardiograma después de una cirugía para reemplazar una válvula cardíaca
- Spanish: Ecocardiografía para valvulopatías cardíacas
- Spanish: Los electrocardiogramas (ECG) (EKG) y las pruebas de esfuerzo durante el ejercicio
- Spanish: Sondas de Alimentación para las personas con Alzheimer
- Spanish: Terapia Física
- Spanish: Small Poster in Spanish
- Spanish: Small Poster in Spanish for Printing
- Spanish: Large Poster in Spanish
- Spanish: Large Poster in Spanish for Printing
- Spanish: 5 Preguntas Para Hacerle a Su Médico
- Spanish: 5 Preguntas Para Hacerle a Su Médico (lower literacy version)
- Spanish: Aquí hay 5 preguntas
- Spanish: Aquí hay 5 preguntas (for printing)
- Spanish: 5 Preguntas Para Hacerle a Su Médico
- Spanish: 5 Preguntas Para Hacerle a Su Médico (lower literacy version)
- Spanish: 5 preguntas para hacerle a su médico
- Spanish: 5 preguntas para hacerle al doctor antes de tomar antibióticos
- Spanish: 5 preguntas para hacerle al doctor antes de tomar antibióticos (For Printer)
- Spanish: 5 preguntas para hacerle al doctor antes de tomar antibióticos
- Spanish: 5 preguntas para hacerle al doctor antes de tomar antibióticos (For Printer)
- Spanish: 5 preguntas para hacerle al doctor antes de tomar antibióticos
- Spanish: 5 preguntas para hacerle al doctor antes de tomar antibióticos (For Printer)
- Spanish: 5 preguntas para hacerle al doctor antes de tomar antibióticos
- Spanish: 5 preguntas para hacerle al doctor antes de tomar antibióticos (For Printer)
- Spanish: 5 maneras de manejar el dolor de la espalda baja sabiamente
- Spanish: 5 maneras de manejar el dolor de la espalda baja sabiamente (for printer)
- Spanish: 5 maneras de manejar el dolor de la espalda baja sabiamente
- Spanish: 5 maneras de manejar el dolor de la espalda baja sabiamente (for printer)
- Spanish: 5 maneras de ser inteligente en cuanto al cáncer de ovario se refiere
- Spanish: 5 maneras de ser inteligente en cuanto al cáncer de ovario se refiere (for printer)
- Spanish: Cómo recibir la atención adecuada para que sus hijos se mantengan sanos
- Spanish: Cómo recibir la atención adecuada para que sus hijos se mantengan sanos (for printer)
- Spanish: Cómo tener los cuidados adecuados para mantenerse saludable conforme envejece
- Spanish: Cómo tener los cuidados adecuados para mantenerse saludable conforme envejece (for printer)
- Spanish: Exámenes médicos
- Spanish: 5 pruebas de salud y vacunas que la mayoría de las personas debería tener conforme envejecen
- Spanish: 5 pruebas de salud y vacunas que la mayoría de las personas debería tener conforme envejecen (for printer)
- Spanish: Pruebas de imágenes del corazón antes de una cirugía
- Spanish: Pruebas de imágenes del corazón antes de una cirugía
- Spanish: Pruebas de esfuerzo del corazón antes de una cirugía de tórax
- Spanish: Virus de inmunodeficiencia humana (HIV)
- Spanish: Monitores caseros para la apnea para el SIDS
- Spanish: Oxígeno en casa después de una estadía en el hospital
- Spanish: Peligros en el hospital
- Spanish: Pruebas de marcadores tumorales y de imágenes para el cáncer de seno
- Spanish: Pruebas de imagen por dolores de cabeza
- Spanish: Pruebas de imagen por dolores de cabeza (for printer)
- Spanish: Problemas auditivos
- Spanish: Pruebas de imágenes después de un procedimiento cardíaco
- Spanish: Pruebas radiológicas debido a dolor en la parte baja de la espalda
- Spanish: Pruebas de imágenes para el cáncer colorrectal
- Spanish: Pruebas de imágenes para el cáncer de próstata en su etapa temprana
- Spanish: Pruebas de imágenes para dolores de cabeza
- Spanish: Pruebas de Imágenes para la enfermedad cardíaca
- Spanish: Pruebas radiológicas debido a dolor en la parte baja de la espalda
- Spanish: Pruebas de imágenes para el melanoma
- Spanish: Pruebas de imágenes para quistes ováricos
- Spanish: Terapia de reemplazo de IgG
- Spanish: Dispositivos cardíacos implantados al final de la vida
- Spanish: Enfermedad Renal Crónica
- Spanish: Pruebas de laboratorio antes de una cirugía
- Spanish: ¿Le duele la parte baja de la espalda?
- Spanish: ¿Le duele la parte baja de la espalda? (For printer)
- Spanish: Pruebas para la Enfermedad de Lyme
- Spanish: Cómo tomar decisiones inteligentes sobre las pruebas genéticas
- Spanish: Cómo controlar los efectos secundarios del cáncer y sus tratamientos
- Spanish: Pruebas médicas antes de una cirugía de ojo
- Spanish: Pruebas médicas antes de una cirugía
- Spanish: Medicinas para aliviar el dolor crónico
- Spanish: Medicinas para tratar el cáncer
- Spanish: Monitoreo del latido cardíaco del bebé durante el trabajo de parto
- Spanish: Dolor de cuello y espalda
- Spanish: ¿Tienes dolor constante que no es por cáncer o una enfermedad terminal?
- Spanish: ¿Tienes dolor constante que no es por cáncer o una enfermedad terminal? (for printer)
- Spanish: Antibióticos orales para las infecciones del oído
- Spanish: Vejiga hiperactiva y prolapso de órganos pélvicos
- Spanish: Medicinas para el dolor
- Spanish: Cuidados Paliativos
- Spanish: Pruebas de Papanicolaou
- Spanish: Exámenes pélvicos, exámenes de Papanicolau y anticonceptivos orales
- Spanish: Tomografías (PET scans) después del tratamiento contra el cáncer
- Spanish: Cómo prevenir las infecciones en el hospital
- Spanish: Prevención de convulsiones después de un ataque cerebral isquémico
- Spanish: La prueba de sangre PSA para detectar cáncer de próstata
- Spanish: Las pruebas de sangre del antígeno prostático específico o PSA para el cáncer de próstata
- Spanish: Preguntas sobre la radiación para el cáncer
- Spanish: La radioterapia para los cánceres ginecológicos y de seno
- Spanish: La radioterapia para el cáncer
- Spanish: Pruebas de detección para aneurismas cerebrales
- Spanish: Exámenes de detección para el cáncer de ovario
- Spanish: Pruebas de detección
- Spanish: Tratamiento para el cáncer de seno
- Spanish: Evite dar somníferos a los niños con insomnio
- Spanish: Las pastillas para dormir para el insomnio
- Spanish: Insomnio y ansiedad en personas mayores
- Spanish: Espirometría para el asma
- Spanish: Enfermedad cardíaca estable
- Spanish: Pruebas de esfuerzo después de un procedimiento de endoprótesis o colocación de stent
- Spanish: Pruebas de esfuerzo del corazón antes de una cirugía
- Spanish: Pruebas de esfuerzo para el dolor de pecho
- Spanish: El tratamiento de la osteoartritis de la rodilla
- Spanish: Cómo tomar medicinas de forma segura
- Spanish: Pruebas después de procedimientos cardíacos
- Spanish: Tratamiento para los problemas de erección
- Spanish: Pruebas y tratamientos que posiblemente sus empleados no necesiten
- Spanish: Exámenes y tratamientos para el cáncer de próstata
- Spanish: Exámenes y tratamientos para el cáncer de próstata )for printer)
- Spanish: Pruebas y tratamientos para mujeres con cáncer de seno
- Spanish: Pruebas antes de una cirugía del corazón
- Spanish: ¿Crees que tu hijo necesita antibióticos?
- Spanish: ¿Crees que tu hijo necesita antibióticos? (For printing)
- Spanish: Tratamiento de coágulos sanguíneos agudos
- Spanish: Tratamiento de arterias obstruidas en las piernas
- Spanish: Cómo tratar las agruras y la enfermedad de reflujo gastroesofágico
- Spanish: Cáncer de próstata de bajo riesgo
- Spanish: Tratamiento de la Fascitis Plantar
- Spanish: Cómo tratar la sinusitis
- Spanish: Cómo tratar la sinusitis
- Spanish: Tratamiento de problemas del sueño
- Spanish: Tratamientos y pruebas que probablemente su bebé no necesite en el hospital
- Spanish: Evite tratamientos innecesarios en la sala de emergencias
- Spanish: Pruebas y tratamientos para infecciones de las vías urinarias (UTI) en personas mayores
- Spanish: El uso seguro de los opioides después de una cirugía
- Spanish: Cuidado de la vista para los niños
- Spanish: Pruebas de Vitamina D
- Spanish: Cuando es difícil embarazarse
- Spanish: Cuándo necesita una CT scan para saber si tiene un coágulo en los pulmones
- Spanish: Cuándo necesita una CT scan para saber si tiene un coágulo en los pulmones (for printer)
- Spanish: ¿Qué tratamientos dentales son los adecuados para usted?
- Spanish: ¿Qué tratamientos dentales son los adecuados para usted? (for printer)
- Spanish: Tomografías de todo el cuerpo para detectar cáncer
- Spanish: Por qué el médico podría decidir no hacerle una CT scan para saber si tiene piedras en el riñón
- Spanish: Por qué el médico podría decidir no hacerle una CT scan para saber si tiene piedras en el riñón (for printer)
- Spanish: Usted podría no necesitar antibióticos para la piel
- Spanish: Usted podría no necesitar antibióticos para la piel (for printer, small)
- Spanish: Usted podría no necesitar antibióticos para la piel (for printer, large)
Advice for Caregivers: Treatments and Tests for Seniors
Allergy Tests (AAAAI)
Alzheimer’s Disease Testing (SNMMI)
Antibiotic Treatment in the Hospital (SHEA)
Antibiotics (rack card)
Antibiotics (rack card) (for children)
Antibiotics for Ear Infections in Children (AAFP)
Antibiotics for People With Catheters (AUA)
Antibiotics for Pink Eye (AAO)
Antibiotics for Respiratory Illness in Adults (IDSA)
Antibiotics for Respiratory Illness in Children (AAP)
Antibiotics for Urinary Tract Infections in Older People (AGS)
Antibiotics for Your Skin (AAD)
Antibiotics: When You Need Them and When You Don’t
Antibiotics: Will They Help You or Hurt You?
Antipsychotic Drugs for People with Dementia (AGS)
Artery and Vein Problems (SVS)
Ask Your Doctor: Do I Need This Cancer Test or Treatment? (ASCO)
Avoid Opioids for Most Long-Term Pain
Back Pain Tests and Treatments (AAPM&R)
Bed Rest for Lower-Back Pain (NASS)
Blood Tests for Miscarriage Risk (SMFM)
Blood Tests in the Hospital (SHM)
Blood Transfusions for Anemia in the Hospital (ASH)
Bone-Density Tests (AAFP)
Brain Scans for Head Injuries (AMSSM)
Breast Biopsy (CoC)
Cardiac Imaging Stress Tests (ASNC)
Care at the End of Life for Advanced Cancer Patients (ASCO)
Carotid Artery Surgery (AAN)
Cervical Cancer Screening (ASCCP)
Chest X-rays Before Surgery (ACR)
Chiropractic Spinal Care for Lower-Back Pain (ACA)
Cholesterol Drugs for People Over 75 (AMDA)
Clogged Neck Arteries (AAFP)
CMR Tests for Chest Pain and Cardiac Screening (SCMR)
Colonoscopy (AGA)
CT Scans for Children With Head Injuries (AAP)
CT Scans in the Emergency Department (ACEP)
CT Scans to Find Lung Cancer in Smokers (CHEST/ATS)
Dental Fillings That Contain Mercury (ACMT, AACT)
Diabetes Tests and Treatments
Dietary Supplements to Prevent Heart Disease or Cancer (ACPM)
Do You Need a CT Scan for a Head Injury? (ACEP)
Do You Really Need That Medical Test or Treatment? (rack card)
Drugs for Migraine Headaches (AAN)
Drugs for Rheumatoid Arthritis (ACR)
Drugs to Prevent Infection During Chemotherapy (ASCO)
Early Delivery (ACOG, AAFP)
Echocardiogram Before Surgery (ASE)
Echocardiography After Valve Surgery (STS)
Echocardiography for Heart Valve Disease (ACC)
EKGs and Exercise Stress Tests (AAFP)
Feeding Tubes for People With Alzheimer’s (AGS, AAHPM)
Five Physical Therapy Treatments You Probably Don’t Need (APTA)
Five Questions to Ask About Medical Tests Before Surgery (posters)
Five Questions to Ask Your Doctor (large posters)
Five Questions to Ask Your Doctor (rack cards)
Five Questions to Ask Your Doctor (small posters)
Five Questions to Ask Your Doctor (wallet card)
Five Questions to Ask Your Doctor About Antibiotics (large posters, for adults)
Five Questions to Ask Your Doctor About Antibiotics (large posters, for children)
Five Questions to Ask Your Doctor About Antibiotics (small posters, for adults)
Five Questions to Ask Your Doctor About Antibiotics (small posters, for children)
Five Ways to be Smart About Back Pain (large poster)
Five Ways to be Smart About Back Pain (small poster)
Five Ways to be Smart About Ovarian Cancer (posters)
Getting the Right Care to Keep Your Children Healthy
Getting the Right Care to Stay Healthy as You Age
Health Checkups (SGIM)
Healthy Aging (rack card)
Heart Imaging Before Surgery (ACC)
Heart Imaging Tests Before Surgery (ASNC)
Heart Stress Tests Before Chest Surgery (STS)
HIV: When You Need CD4 Tests (HIVMA)
Home Apnea Monitors for SIDs (AAP)
Home Oxygen After a Hospital Stay (CHEST/ATS)
Hospital Hazards (AAN)
Imaging and Blood Tests in Early Breast Cancer (ASCO)
Imaging for Headaches (rack card)
Imaging for Hearing Problems (AAO-HNSF)
Imaging Tests After a Heart Procedure (ACC)
Imaging Tests for Back Pain (AAFP)
Imaging Tests for Colorectal Cancer (SSO)
Imaging Tests for Early Prostate Cancer (ASCO)
Imaging Tests for Headaches (ACR)
Imaging Tests for Heart Disease (ACC)
Imaging Tests for Lower-Back Pain (NASS)
Imaging Tests for Melanoma (SSO)
Imaging Tests for Ovarian Cysts (ACR)
Immunoglobulin Replacement Therapy (AAAAI)
Implanted Heart Devices at the End of Life (AAHPM)
Kidney Disease (ASN)
Lab Tests Before Surgery (ASCP)
Lower Back Pain (rack card)
Lyme Disease Tests (ACR)
Making Smart Decisions About Genetic Testing (ACMG)
Managing Side Effects of Cancer and its Treatments (AAN)
Medical Tests Before Eye Surgery (AAO)
Medical Tests Before Surgery
Medicines to Relieve Chronic Pain (ASA)
Medicines to Treat Cancer (ASCO)
Monitoring Your Baby’s Heartbeat During Labor (AAN)
Neck and Back Pain: When You Need Tests (AANEM)
Opioids for Pain (rack card)
Oral Antibiotics for Ear Infections (AAO-HNSF)
Overactive Bladder and Pelvic Organ Prolapse (AUGS)
Painkiller Choices With Kidney or Heart Problems (ASN)
Palliative Care (AAHPM)
Pap Tests (AAFP)
Pelvic Exams and Pap Tests Before Contraceptives (AAFP)
PET Scans After Cancer Treatment (ASCO)
Preventing Infections in the Hospital (SHM)
Preventing Seizures After an Ischemic Stroke (AANS, CNS)
PSA Test for Prostate Cancer (AAFP)
PSA Tests for Prostate Cancer (AUA)
Questions to Ask Your Doctor About Radiation for Cancer (ASTRO)
Radiation Therapy for Breast and Gynecologic Cancers (ASTRO)
Radiation Therapy for Cancer (ASTRO)
Screening Tests for Brain Aneurysms (AANS)
Screening Tests for Ovarian Cancer (SGO)
Screening Tests: When You Need Them, When You Don’t
Sentinel Node Biopsy for Breast Cancer (CoC, NAPBC)
Sleeping Pills for Children With Insomnia (AASM)
Sleeping Pills for Insomnia (AASM)
Sleeping Pills for Insomnia and Anxiety in Older People (AGS)
Spirometry for Asthma (AAAAI)
Stable Heart Disease (SCAI)
Stress Tests After a Stent Procedure (SCAI)
Stress Tests Before Surgery (SVM)
Stress Tests for Chest Pain (ASNC)
Supplements for Osteoarthritis (AAOS)
Taking Medicines Safely (ASHP)
Testing After Heart Procedures (ASNC)
Testosterone for Erection Problems (AUA)
Tests and Treatments Employees May Not Need (ACOEM)
Tests and Treatments for Prostate Cancer
Tests and Treatments for Women with Breast Cancer (ASBS)
Tests Before Heart Surgery (STS)
Think Your Child Needs Antibiotics?
Treating Acute Blood Clots (ASH)
Treating Blocked Leg Arteries (SVM)
Treating Heartburn and GERD (AGA)
Treating Low-Risk Prostate Cancer (ASTRO)
Treating Plantar Fasciitis (AOFAS)
Treating Sinusitis (AAAAI)
Treating Sinusitis (AAFP)
Treating Sleep Problems (APA)
Treatments and Tests Your Baby May Not Need in the Hospital (AAP)
Unnecessary Treatments in the Emergency Room (ACEP)
Urinary Tract Infections in Older People (AGS, AMDA)
Using Opioids Safely After Surgery (AUA)
Vision Care for Children (AAPOS)
Vitamin D Tests (ASCP)
When It’s Hard to Get Pregnant (ASRM)
When You Need a CT Scan to Check for a Blood Clot in Your Lungs (ACEP)
Which Dental Treatments Are Right for You? (ADA)
Whole-Body Scans to Screen for Cancer (ACPM)
Why the Doctor May Not Order a CT Scan for Kidney Stones (ACEP)
You May Not Need Antibiotics for Your Skin (AAD)
Videos
Our video collection reinforces the messages from Choosing Wisely. You can watch them here, share them, or view the entire collection.
Quality Improvement Conference
West Virginians for Affordable Health Care organized “Choosing Wisely Quality Improvement,” a conference held in May 2015.
Patrick Conway
Experts from around the country discussed how physicians can best use the Choosing Wisely recommendations to help their patients.
Their presentations are attached below.
Keynote Address:
Patrick Conway, MD, MSc, CMS Chief Medical Officer
Featured Speakers:
Dominic J. Lorusso, Director, Health Partnerships, Consumer Reports
Jeff Borenstein, MD, MPH, FACP, VP, Clinical Content, Stanson Health.
Barbara Daiker, PhD, RN, Quality Improvement Manager, Minnesota Medical Association
Elisabeth Fowlie Mock, MD, MPH, FAAFP, Adult Hospitalist, Bangor, Maine
Jeffrey H. Coben, MD, director, West Virginia University ICRC
Jeremiah Samples, MLS, West Virginia Department of Health and Human Services
Alan Ducatman, MD, MSc, professor, West Virginia University School of Public Health
Jeremy T. Powers, MD, CAMC Physicians Group
Nancy J. Tolliver, RN, MSIR