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Access to Quality Services
Volume 12 No 3
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June 2016
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Choosing Wisely Australia:
The Next Wave Event Launch
Targeting Cancer ambassador, Julie McCrossin, was emcee for the launch
On 16 March, NPS MedicineWise
launched the next wave of Choosing
Wisely recommendations. The College
was invited to the event, where the
Faculty of Clinical Radiology promoted
its work in supporting implementation of
the initiative at the front line.
The College was an inaugural member
of Choosing Wisely in Australia and is
therefore one of the founding medical
specialist Colleges.
The Faculty of Clinical Radiology’s six
recommendations of medical tests,
treatment and procedures clinicians
and consumers should question, were
launched at the first Choosing Wisely
Australia launch in April 2015.
The Next Wave launch provided an
opportunity for colleagues and peers
to hear about the progress of this major
healthcare initiative.
Peak medical colleges, societies
and associations also announced 61
recommendations of tests, treatments
and procedures that may not be
necessary and could cause harm to
Australian patients.
Not all tests, treatments and procedures
are in the best interests of the patient.
The goal of Choosing Wisely Australia
is to start conversations between
consumers and clinicians about
unnecessary tests, treatments and
procedures; enhancing the quality of
care; and where appropriate, reducing
unnecessary care.
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