New Resources from Consumer Reports Health and Choosing Wisely

Consumer Reports Health and Choosing Wisely have recently released a number of new resources as well as highlighted partner content. Check out the list below.

• One of the Choosing Wisely grantees, MiHIA, did a 27 minute "Ask the Specialist" video on Choosing Wisely, focusing on the five questions and the patient, provider, and employer perspectives of the campaign.
  
• Dr George Lundberg, Chief Medical Officer of CollabRx and Former Editor of JAMA, released a brief video earlier this month about Choosing Wisely. In it, he calls Choosing Wisely a "movement with momentum," and states that most lab and imaging tests do not need to be done. (You'll need to be a Medscape member to view it, but signing up takes less than a minute.)
  
• AARP published a cover story on Choosing Wisely in their March bulletin. It's called "Doctors Say: Skip These Tests." The online version can be found HERE.
  
• AARP also posted a blog called "The Surprising Risks of Antibiotics," in which they mention and point to the new Choosing Wisely antibiotics hub.
  
• Consumer Reports Health has recently released three new consumer-facing brochures for Choosing Wisely:
  -Health Checkups: When You Need Them -- And When You Don't (Society of General Internal Medicine)
  -Treating Osteoarthritis of the Knee: Popular Supplements Don’t Work (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons) - Additionally, Consumer Reports published a piece on this TOPIC.
  -Dental Fillings that Contain Mercury: Removing them is a bad idea (American College of Medical Toxicology & American Academy of Clinical Toxicology)
  
• The AAFP has created a search tool for Choosing Wisely recommendations
  
• Consumer Health Choices is now the home for a new campaign called "Getting Healthcare Right". This project investigates and explains medical system delivery reforms, with a view toward making them widely accessible and understandable to patients and the public. You can find the link HERE.
  
• ABIMF has released a series of videos featuring leaders from across the health care system talking about the challenges, opportunities and impact of the Choosing Wisely campaign
  -Choosing Wisely: Professionalism in Action
  -Choosing Wisely in Medical Education
  -Choosing Wisely: Inspiring Conversations to Improve Health Care
  -Strengthening Health Care Through Professionalism