Choosing Wisely Canada

A Game 6 win in the World Series means one less unnecessary game. Like Choosing Wisely, let’s cut what’s not needed and bring home the win tonight. 💙🇨🇦 #GoJaysGo #LessButBetter

We’ll be in Winnipeg next week at the @cfpc-cmfc.bsky.social Family Medicine Forum! Find us at booth 520 at the RBC Convention Centre from November 5-8 where we’ll share all things #ChoosingWisely in family medicine and primary care. See you there!

#FMF2025

At AgeCare Regina Gardens in Hamilton, staff use resident-focused behavioural strategies including activities, social engagement and personalized support to help keep inappropriate antipsychotic rates low. See how they met Canada’s target for appropriate antipsychotic use: https://loom.ly/XihaCzs

At Rexton Lions in New Brunswick, a collaborative approach and focus on each resident is leading to better outcomes. See how they met Canada’s target for appropriate antipsychotic prescribing: https://loom.ly/xCr3x1U

#CPSW2025

Launched in 2020, Using Blood Wisely is a national #ChoosingWisely program in collaboration with Canadian Blood Services and Héma-Québec. Take a look at our highlights report from the last five years and what's next in advancing transfusion appropriateness across Canada: loom.ly/eD85ecU 🩸

Celebrating five years of Using Blood Wisely in collaboration with Canadian Blood Services and Héma Québec! Congratulations to all 185 designated sites across Canada. 🩸

Read our report on the last five years and what's next for transfusion appropriateness: https://loom.ly/eD85ecU

As of 2025, all hospitals in the southeastern Ontario region have achieved Using Blood Wisely designation, meeting national transfusion appropriateness benchmarks. 🩸 Led by Kingston Health Sciences Centre, this celebrates a commitment to providing patients high-value care: https://loom.ly/Zfe1aVk

A new target for antipsychotic use aims to reduce inappropriate prescribing in Canadian long-term care homes. Set at 15% by a national panel of experts, the target encourages safer prescribing and better care for residents: ltcmeds.ca/targets

#CPSW2025

This Canadian Patient Safety Week is about all voices for safer care. Choosing Wisely Canada is proud to be part of the Appropriate Use Coalition, working with partners across Canada to improve the quality and safety of care in LTC. 🇨🇦
Learn more: https://loom.ly/Zq1ABH0

#CPSW2025

Marking 5 years of Using Blood Wisely with milestones! In 2023, Manitoba achieved Using Blood Wisely Hospital designation status for every hospital that transfuses blood in the province. See how they reached this major achievement: https://loom.ly/IwVWi7k

Join #CWTalks on November 18 at 1 p.m. ET. Experts will discuss why low-value urine testing persists, the impact on antibiotic use, and system-wide strategies to improve practice: https://loom.ly/0AhM4SI

#WAAW2025

Not every test or treatment leads to better care. Check out our new resources on reducing low-value care and easing clinician workload burden to help you focus on what patients need most. ⏳ See more: https://loom.ly/9zvNHwU

Next week is Canadian Patient Safety Week! This year’s theme, All Voices for Safer Care, is an invitation to listen more deeply, ask important questions, and take meaningful action together.Learn more about how you can get involved in #CPSW2025: https://loom.ly/bWk774Y

Earlier this year, the team at Lloydminster Hospital received their Using Blood Wisely designation for meeting national transfusion appropriateness benchmarks. On October 29 we’ll be celebrating five years of blood stewardship in communities like Lloydminster! 🩸
Read more: https://loom.ly/abybyNQ

A new #ChoosingWisely piece in the International Journal of Transfusion Medicine discusses raising the single unit transfusion benchmark in Using Blood Wisely, our national quality improvement campaign. Lead author Matthew Ahn asks the question, can we do better? https://loom.ly/x8Ak3js

A recent editorial by Dr. Jerome Leis in BMJ Quality and Safety shares insight on how to scale and spread catheter avoidance nationwide drawing on past #ChoosingWisely campaigns. Read now: https://loom.ly/7DUKAwU

Share your #ChoosingWisely projects or innovations! We are now accepting submissions for the National Meeting in Toronto on May 25 & May 26! Don’t miss your chance to be featured in workshops, breakouts and more.
Submit by December 5: https://loom.ly/tKOHZlY

A recent article in @jama.com Internal Medicine highlights the long-term changes to serum Vitamin D testing following the implementation of criteria-based testing in 2010. Read more: https://loom.ly/MPrr50g

Clinician time is a limited resource. ⌛ A new @bmj.com article shares how low-value tests, treatments, and procedures add to workload, featuring a self-reflection calculator to see how much time they take: https://loom.ly/bDcnS-o

October 6 is the inaugural National Day of Action on Planetary Health, encouraging health care professionals and organizations to take actions big or small to address the climate crisis. 🌎 You can protect patients and the planet with #ChoosingWisely climate-conscious recs: https://loom.ly/d5rszrg

At Cumberland Lodge, encouraging recreational and social activities has helped keep inappropriate antipsychotic rates low and improve the quality of care for residents. See how they met Canada’s target for appropriate antipsychotic use: https://loom.ly/l_phDWc

Share your #ChoosingWisely projects or innovations! We are now accepting submissions for the National Meeting in Toronto on May 25 & May 26! Don’t miss your chance to be featured in workshops, breakouts and more.
Submit by December 5: https://loom.ly/tKOHZlY

Happening today! Join us and @cmadocs.bsky.social for Climate Rounds on October 1 at 12 p.m. ET. to discuss practical strategies and approaches for integrating climate-conscious recommendations in critical care settings. Register now: https://loom.ly/IIOQN9k

Five years of Using Blood Wisely milestones! In 2022, Nova Scotia became the first province in Canada to have every transfusing hospital achieve a Using Blood Wisely designation. 🩸 See how they made this happen: loom.ly/546l6Ns

On #WorldPharmacistsDay we recognize pharmacy professionals for their leadership in using health resources wisely and advancing quality care. Check out our #ChoosingWisely list on tests and treatments related to pharmacy practice: https://loom.ly/H8yOQZA

How can we make critical care units more environmentally sustainable? Join @choosingwiselyca.bsky.social and @cmadocs.bsky.social on Oct. 1 for a Climate Rounds discussion on how to integrate climate-conscious recommendations in critical care settings.

Register here: bit.ly/4mpn6gL

Happening next week! Join us and @cmadocs.bsky.social for Climate Rounds on October 1 at 12 p.m. ET. to discuss practical strategies and approaches for integrating climate-conscious recommendations in critical care settings. Register now: https://loom.ly/IIOQN9k

Five years ago, we launched Using Blood Wisely with a challenge to make every drop count. Today, more than 290 hospitals have signed up to improve transfusion practices and strengthen Canada's blood supply: https://loom.ly/OQ9Et-k

How can we support environmentally sustainable solutions in critical care? Join us and @cmadocs.bsky.social on October 1 at 12 p.m. ET. to discuss strategies and approaches for integrating climate-conscious recommendations in critical care: https://loom.ly/IIOQN9k

Happening today! Join the Appropriate Use Coalition from 12-1 p.m. ET for a deep dive into questions about inappropriate antipsychotic use. Experts will define the indicator, why it matters, and offer practical guidance on how homes can safely work toward the new target: https://loom.ly/oZtjJmQ