Healthcare Triage News: Choosing Wisely is a Great Idea. Does it Work?

If you don’t know what Choosing Wisely is, start with our HCT episode on it. If you do, then still watch it. It’s good.

I was a bit skeptical of its impact. So was I wrong? Is Choosing Wisely changing practice? Today we go to the research! This is Healthcare Triage News:

If you want to read more, here’s the paper I’m discussing: Early Trends Among Seven Recommendations From the Choosing Wisely Campaign.

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Aaron Carroll

Aaron E. Carroll, MD, MS is co-Editor-in-Chief of The Incidental Economist and tweets at @aaronecarroll. He is the Chief Health Officer at Indiana University. He is also a Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Dean for Research Mentoring at the Indiana University School of Medicine. In addition to contributing regularly to The New York Times and the Atlantic, he is the author of four books, most recently The Bad Food Bible.

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Aaron Carroll

Aaron E. Carroll, MD, MS is co-Editor-in-Chief of The Incidental Economist and tweets at @aaronecarroll. He is the Chief Health Officer at Indiana University. He is also a Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Dean for Research Mentoring at the Indiana University School of Medicine. In addition to contributing regularly to The New York Times and the Atlantic, he is the author of four books, most recently The Bad Food Bible.

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