Congratulations to Prof Denise O'Connor who won not one, but two, best paper awards at the 2023 Health Services Research Association (HSRAANZ) Awards! Best Paper Overall and Best Implementation Science Paper! O’Connor DA, Glasziou P, Maher CG, et al. Effect of an Individualized Audit and Feedback Intervention on [...]
Congratulations to Wiser Healthcare researchers, Prof Katy Bell, Prof Denise O'Connor and Dr Gustavo Machado, who were each awarded one of the highly competitive 2023 NHMRC Investigator Grants! Professor Katy Bell was awarded $2.7 million for driving the transition to high value testing to benefit [...]
Huge congratulations to Wiser Healthcare researcher Gustavo Machado who was runner up / highly commended for the Research Australia Health Services Research Award! Gustavo received this award for his research into the high rate of opioid use in the emergency department care of people with [...]
Huge congratulations to Denise O’Connor, Alexandra Gorelik and Laurent Billot who received the 2023 ACTA Trial of the Year Runner Up award on behalf of Wiser Healthcare researchers and Department of Health and Aged Care collaborators for their successful factorial cluster randomised trial of audit [...]
Huge Congratulations to Wiser Healthcare researchers Chris Maher, Andrew McLachlan and their colleagues Christine Lin, Caitlin Jones, Jane Latimer, Hanan McLachlan, Melissa Webb, Melanie Hamilton, Michelle Blowes and Laurie Guthrie who received the University of Sydney Vice Chancellors Award for Research Excellence for their OPAL [...]
Whilst most women reported having an anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH) test for appropriate reasons, about one third had it for reasons not supported by evidence. Public and clinician education about the lack of utility of AMH testing for women not undergoing infertility treatment is needed.
This research provides a snapshot for comparison with future spinal surgery billing patterns (under the revised schedule). While surgical fees were largely appropriate, there was significant evidence of inappropriate use of item numbers including repeat billing of the same item as well as extensive use [...]
Our global medical culture has driven excessive diagnostic testing, overmedicalisation, and overtreatment across many conditions that may harm patients, exhaust healthcare resources, and harm the planet. The authors call upon local, national, and international decision makers to more prominently and openly acknowledge these issues and [...]
GPs frequently request diagnostic imaging for people with regional musculoskeletal complaints, and this most commonly occurs simultaneously with the diagnosis. It is likely a substantial proportion of requests are discordant with evidence-based practice. Identification and testing of strategies that target patients, clinicians, and policy to [...]
Eight studies set in primary (four), secondary (one) and tertiary care (accident and emergency = three) were included in the review. Overall, the risk of bias of studies was moderate with high risk of selection and verification bias the predominant flaws. Reporting of index and [...]