This toolkit has been specifically developed to help Junior Medical Officers (JMOs) and students with implementing projects aligned with Choosing Wisely principles. It contains support material to help guide each stage of a Choosing Wisely project.
Are you wanting to address unnecessary tests, treatments and procedures in your health service? Use the Choosing Wisely implementation toolkit to make sure all your governance, change management, communications, design, evaluation and intervention needs are covered. It provides you with best-practice information, tools and templates for your project. Read the Introduction chapter to learn more about the toolkit. It is divided into an Introduction and 5 chapters with real world case studies to guide you.
Use these 5 questions to ask your doctor or other healthcare provider to make sure you end up with the right amount of care — not too much and not too little.
This issue includes items on digital health, advance care planning, and more. Also covered are the latest from Bulletin of the World Health Organization, Australian Health Review, Health Expectations, Health Affairs, International Journal for Quality in Health Care and the UK’s NICE.
Patient experience vs satisfaction
- Experience is process focused – it captures patients’ self-reported observations and feelings about their interactions with health service workers, environments and processes.
On the Radar Issue 683 is now available.
This issue includes items on insulin, mental health, maternity care, variation, and more. Also covered are the latest from Healthcare, BMJ Quality & Safety, Nursing Leadership, Health Policy, International Journal for Quality in Health Care and the UK’s NICE and NIHR and the USA’s AHRQ.
The Department of Health and Aged Care, in collaboration with the National Pathology Accreditation Advisory Council (NPAAC) and the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, has published the second edition of the Requirements for cervical screening.
The Requirements for cervical screening (Third edition 2025) sets out the standards for using human papillomavirus nucleic acid testing as the primary screening method for cervical cancer screening.