In an important expansion of the Choosing Wisely campaign, medical specialty groups have released new lists of overused tests and treatments that patients and doctors should question.
This brings to 135…
Consumer Reports is proud to be one of three groups being honored as 2013 Health Policy Heroes — for their contributions to the Choosing Wisely campaign — by the National Research Center…
One theme underlying Choosing Wisely and similar campaigns is not necessarily obvious to the audience: Some tests and treatments are wasteful, useless and even harmful.
That’s not an easy message to deliver to…
With so much of our healthcare spending — an estimated 30 percent — going toward needless tests and treatment, Consumer Reports has stepped up its efforts to highlight both the…
Want to quiz your doctor about that test, diagnosis or treatment? How can you squeeze your questions into an already rushed appointment?
We know it’s not easy. So here’s our newest Choosing…
Ever had one of those meetings that was so successful that you wanted to share it with everyone?
It happened to us, when we teamed up with the American College of…
When does health information change behavior? When a consumer knows more about the effectiveness, safety or cost of a medical test or treatment, do they act differently the next time…
The Choosing Wisely campaign begins its third phase today, with three new lists of “things physicians and patients should question.”
The new lists were assembled by AMDA, the American College of Surgeons, and the ACS’s Commission…
Experts from all corners of medicine have converged on Dartmouth College in New Hampshire this week in an effort to come to grips with “overdiagnosis” — a costly and risky…
If you’ve been following us on Twitter this week, you will have picked up on a trend: Many of the Choosing Wisely topics address things that women commonly experience in the health…
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