Lab Tests Before Surgery
When you need them—and when you don’t
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If you’re going to have surgery, you may have blood and urine tests first. These tests…
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Treating Sinusitis (AAAAI)
Campaign Series: Choosing Wisely
Medical Category: Drugs
Article Type: Advice
Language: Plain English, Spanish
Affiliation: American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
Format: HTML, PDF
Most recent update: 09/26/2016
Millions of people are prescribed…
Supplements for Osteoarthritis (AAOS)
Campaign Series: Choosing Wisely
Medical Category: Drugs
Article Type: Advice
Language: Plain English, Spanish
Affiliation: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Format: PDF
Most recent update: 03/10/2021
Many people with osteoarthritis have knee pain.…
Primary Care and Internal Medicine, New York
Choosing Wisely has a presence in our office, helping to guide our conversations and decisions. When I walk into an exam room and see…
Consumer Reports wants to clarify its role in the ABIM Foundation’s Choosing Wisely campaign, as well as its recent work with health plans.
Choosing Wisely was conceived by ABIM Foundation, a…
Campaign Series: Best Buy Drugs: Fact Sheets
Medical Category: Drugs
Article Type: Advice
Language: Plain English, Spanish
Affiliation: National Center for Farmworker Health
Format: PDF
Most recent update: 03/06/2022
This fact sheet will provide you with…
The National Church Residences Campaign
Excellence That Transforms Lives
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Tests and Treatments
Antibiotics and Prescription Drugs
Home and Hospital Care
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National Church Residences is committed…
Family doctors know that many patients get unneeded prescriptions. Obstetricians know that too many babies are delivered by C-section. Radiologists have seen a lot of pointless chest X-rays. Blood tests,…
Imagine that, when you got home from the doctor’s office, there was an email waiting for you, with the notes your doctor had just taken during your visit.
You’d…
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