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22.01.2022 It's National Diabetes Week. Talk to your health professional about if and how often you should monitor your blood glucose levels. bit.ly/steth1 . It's OK to ask questions. Having a conversation with your doctor or other health professional is important and to make it easier, we have 5 questions to ask your doctor or health professional before you get any test, treatment or procedure.

19.01.2022 Even though we are in a pandemic, you still need to think about your own healthcare. Click below for our pandemic healthcare guidance messages.

18.01.2022 New evidence finds imaging like x-rays is overused for diagnosing low back pain, despite the risks to patients. Check out Choosing Wisely’s 5 Questions to help you have a conversation about how to manage low back pain. https://www.choosingwisely.org.au//consumers-an/5questions

17.01.2022 The aim of Choosing Wisely Australia is to encourage better conversations between consumers and their healthcare providers about tests, treatments and procedures being recommended. A kit of resources (bit.ly/CWAkit) has been designed to support consumer advocates.

17.01.2022 It's Chronic Pain Australia's National Pain Week. If you need to talk to your health professional about pain, here are 5 questions to make sure you end up with the right amount of care not too much and not too little. See them at: bit.ly/steth1

17.01.2022 Even though we're in a pandemic, you still need to think about your own healthcare. Get guidance at bit.ly/pandemichealth

14.01.2022 Even though we're in a pandemic, you still need take care of your own healthcare. Get guidance at bit.ly/pandemichealth

13.01.2022 Talking to your health professional should be easy. Here are 5 questions to ask at your next appointment so you get the right amount of care. bit.ly/5toaskyourdoc

13.01.2022 If you know anyone who struggles with English, our "5 Questions to Ask Your Doctor" bit.ly/5questtranslated has been translated into 12 different community languages.

11.01.2022 Do you work in healthcare? Would you like this pandemic guidance video content for your waiting room, pharmacy, clinic or other health service? Email [email protected] with your contact details and we will send it to you.

10.01.2022 At home more More couch time Doing less exercise than usual If you start getting low back pain - motion is lotion! New evidence finds imaging like x-rays is overused for diagnosing low back pain. Check out Choosing Wisely’s 5 Questions to help you have a conversation about how to manage low back pain. ... bit.ly/5CWquestions See more

09.01.2022 5 questions (in English and 12 other community languages) 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. See them at: bit.ly/steth1

08.01.2022 Are you a healthcare consumer? Choosing Wisely Australia is inviting you to participate in usability testing for our website. If you are interested, please go to bit.ly/ChoosingWiselytesting for more info or to apply.

07.01.2022 Every day in Australia, 3 people die, and 150 people are hospitalised because of harm from pharmaceutical opioids. We've developed a resource for people leaving hospital who are prescribed opioids for non-cancer pain. Get more info or download at bit.ly/cwaopioidsrescource

07.01.2022 5 questions to make sure you end up with the right amount of care not too much and not too little. See them at: bit.ly/steth1

05.01.2022 It's Diabetes Australia's National Diabetes Week. Now is a good time to have a conversation with your health provider. It's OK to ask questions bit.ly/steth1 . Here are 5 questions to ask your doctor or health professional before you get any test, treatment or procedure

03.01.2022 If you know anyone who struggles with English, our "5 Questions to Ask Your Doctor" bit.ly/5questtranslated has been translated into 12 different community languages, including Vietnamese.

02.01.2022 Do you know someone who deserves to be recognised for their Choosing Wisely work? The Choicies Awards Kit will give you all the information you need for staff recognition at your organisation http://bit.ly/choicies

01.01.2022 Medicinal cannabis is not a ‘first-line’ treatment for any health condition but it may be suitable for some conditions where all other treatments have been unsuccessful. To find out more, talk to your doctor or go to bit.ly/medcanexpl

01.01.2022 Choosing Wisely Australia will be on the expert panel in this important webinar about dementia and medications and we'll be talking about empowering people to ask questions about their health via our '5 questions to ask your health professional'. Register below.