Author | Lightnews

Choosing Wisely Canada @choosingwiselyca.bsky.social · 7h

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

1 1 1

Choosing Wisely Canada @choosingwiselyca.bsky.social · 4d

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

Choosing Wisely Canada @choosingwiselyca.bsky.social · 4d

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

Choosing Wisely Canada @choosingwiselyca.bsky.social · 4d

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

Choosing Wisely Canada @choosingwiselyca.bsky.social · 5d

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

Choosing Wisely Canada @choosingwiselyca.bsky.social · 5d

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 🩸

Choosing Wisely Canada @choosingwiselyca.bsky.social · 6d

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

Choosing Wisely Canada @choosingwiselyca.bsky.social · 7d

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

1

Choosing Wisely Canada @choosingwiselyca.bsky.social · 7d

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

Choosing Wisely Canada @choosingwiselyca.bsky.social · 8d

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

1

Choosing Wisely Canada @choosingwiselyca.bsky.social · 11d

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

Choosing Wisely Canada @choosingwiselyca.bsky.social · 12d

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

Choosing Wisely Canada @choosingwiselyca.bsky.social · 13d

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

Choosing Wisely Canada @choosingwiselyca.bsky.social · 14d

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

1

Choosing Wisely Canada @choosingwiselyca.bsky.social · 15d

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

Choosing Wisely Canada @choosingwiselyca.bsky.social · 18d

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

Choosing Wisely Canada @choosingwiselyca.bsky.social · 19d

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

Choosing Wisely Canada @choosingwiselyca.bsky.social · 21d

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

Choosing Wisely Canada @choosingwiselyca.bsky.social · 25d

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

Choosing Wisely Canada @choosingwiselyca.bsky.social · 26d

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

1

Choosing Wisely Canada @choosingwiselyca.bsky.social · 29d

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

Choosing Wisely Canada @choosingwiselyca.bsky.social · Oct 3

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

Choosing Wisely Canada @choosingwiselyca.bsky.social · Oct 2

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

Choosing Wisely Canada @choosingwiselyca.bsky.social · Oct 1

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

Choosing Wisely Canada @choosingwiselyca.bsky.social · Sep 29

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