Physical therapists were more willing to follow recommendations that provided more detail, alternatives to low-value care, and were positively framed. These findings can inform the development of future Choosing Wisely recommendations and could help reduce low-value physical therapy.
Despite the potential positive impacts of health literacy champions, this review suggests that more high-quality research on health literacy champions is needed. As a first step, quality can be improved through more comprehensive reporting on health literacy champions, including who the champions are, the training [...]
Reducing low-value health services is a complex issue, with significant clinical and health policy implications. This is the first randomized study to demonstrate that the consumer Choosing Wisely questions and a video intervention to promote question asking and engagement in SDM may improve participants’ intention [...]
Researchers are moving away from a smallest worthwhile effect threshold and characterising the magnitude of effect as (albeit arbitrary) small, moderate or large, which then leaves the patient to decide whether a small, moderate or large effect is worthwhile for them. In the absence of [...]
The need to actively expand genomic research in previously understudied and ancestrally diverse populations is clear on both moral and practical grounds. This will ensure that we do not continue to widen health disparity gaps, while also providing a more complete picture of the underlying [...]
This study showed that an SMS recall program for Heart Health Checks can be effective and acceptable in Australian general practice. Future research will confirm these findings with a broader trial targeting high-risk regions and patients, with reinforced messaging strategies.
The GWP100 for desflurane of 2540 and its long atmospheric lifetime of up to 14yr make it a potent greenhouse gas. Amongst all the volatile anaesthetic agents, desflurane has the largest greenhouse gas impact with its GWP100 being five-fold greater than that of isoflurane, 10-fold [...]
Editorial associated with the recommendations for professional practice of the Société Française d’Anesthésie et Réanimation (SFAR), the Société Française d’Hygiène Hospitalière (SF2H), and the Société Française de Pharmacie Clinique (SFPC) guidelines for reducing the environmental impact of general anaesthesia. *French language
The need for LHDs to prepare for the effects of climate change and implement whole-of-system responses at the local level are emerging. Our rapid review found a relatively small number of studies that explored the impacts of climate change on health and health services. Most [...]
Operating theatres are amongst the most important carbon-contributing areas of hospitals. Several interventions are known to reduce the carbon footprint of healthcare, but the means of achieving that rapidly and effectively remains unknown. The authors found that there are no reports of fully scaled implementation [...]