Open AccessAn echo to Choosing Wisely<sup>®</sup> in Switzerland
Author(s) -
Lionel Chok,
Johann Debrunner,
Sandra Jaeggli,
Karmen Kusic,
Esther Bächli
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international journal of general medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.722
H-Index - 36
ISSN - 1178-7074
DOI - 10.2147/ijgm.s155544
Subject(s) - medicine , interquartile range , psychological intervention , health care , emergency medicine , anemia , family medicine , nursing , economics , economic growth
Inspired by the US Choosing Wisely ® , in 2016 the Swiss Society of General Internal Medicine released a list of five treatments or diagnostic tests used in the hospital and considered unnecessary based on not improving patient care and adding to health care costs. These "Smarter Medicine" recommendations were implemented in the Department of Internal Medicine, Uster Hospital, in August 2016. They were supported by lectures and weekly email communications. We analyzed the number of blood draws before and after implementation of the recommendation aimed at reducing blood tests.