Happening today! Join the Appropriate Use Coalition from 12-1 p.m. ET for the release of national antipsychotic rates from CIHI. Explore the latest trends, hear from care homes about successes, and learn about upcoming details on how to get recognized for improvement efforts: https://loom.ly/I9rxUSU

Overuse of benzos can cause harm, especially in older adults. Join #CWTalks January 28 at 12 p.m. ET to learn about the BE-SAFE study. Experts will share how the #ChoosingWisely De-Implementation Framework supports safe deprescribing, and lessons learned from other countries: https://loom.ly/0_Vb4-g

Scholarships now open for the 2026 Choosing Wisely Canada National Meeting on May 25 and 26 in Toronto! Two types of scholarships are available to support those who wish to attend the meeting. Learn more and apply before March 2, 2026: https://loom.ly/OV0WwZs

Join the Appropriate Use Coalition on January 22 from 12-1 p.m. ET for the release of national antipsychotic rates from CIHI. Explore the latest trends, hear from care homes about successes, and learn about upcoming details on how to get recognized for improvement efforts: https://loom.ly/I9rxUSU

Join #CWTalks on February 12 at 12 p.m. ET to discuss the role of #AI in addressing overuse in health care. Explore the opportunities and challenges of integrating AI into health systems, including how common algorithms communicate risk and influence clinical decision-making: https://loom.ly/uGbC2Eg

Overuse of benzos can cause harm, especially in older adults. Join #CWTalks January 28 at 12 p.m. ET to learn about the BE-SAFE study. Experts will share how the #ChoosingWisely De-Implementation Framework supports safe deprescribing, and lessons learned from other countries: https://loom.ly/0_Vb4-g

Canada’s health workforce faces growing workload challenges with clinicians stretched across rising demands, administrative tasks, and system pressures. Dr. René Wittmer shares a practical approach to easing workload burden by reducing low-value care. 🩺 Read more: https://loom.ly/X3VmzUo

Overuse of benzos can cause harm, especially in older adults. Join #CWTalks January 28 at 12 p.m. ET to learn about the BE-SAFE study. Experts will share how the #ChoosingWisely De-Implementation Framework supports safe deprescribing, and lessons learned from other countries: https://loom.ly/0_Vb4-g

Scholarships now open for the 2026 Choosing Wisely Canada National Meeting on May 25 and 26 in Toronto! Two types of scholarships are available to support those who wish to attend the meeting. Learn more and apply before March 2, 2026: https://loom.ly/OV0WwZs

Join the Appropriate Use Coalition on January 22 from 12-1 p.m. ET for the release of national antipsychotic rates from CIHI. Explore the latest trends, hear from care homes about successes, and learn about upcoming details on how to get recognized for improvement efforts: https://loom.ly/I9rxUSU

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

We extend our deepest thanks to the community of clinicians, patients, system leaders, and administrators for their continued engagement in Choosing Wisely. We look forward to continuing our collective efforts in 2026 and wish you a happy and healthy holiday season! 💙❄️

Supported by Choosing Wisely Canada society grants, @csmls.bsky.social has created a tool to help labs measure the impact of tests and identify opportunities to reduce waste based on #ChoosingWisely recs. 🔬 Learn more and test the tool: https://loom.ly/AnSWoRk

In 2025, we celebrated five years of Using Blood Wisely! Since launching in 2020, the national #ChoosingWisely program, in collaboration with Canadian Blood Services and Héma-Québec, has grown to include more than 290 hospitals across the country participating. Learn more: https://loom.ly/eD85ecU#ChoosingWisely

From coast to coast, STARS students are putting resource stewardship into action. Our spotlight series shows what student-led change looks like across four medical schools in 🇨🇦. Meet the 2025 STARS students leaders we profiled this year: https://loom.ly/ko5HOVA

In 2025, the Appropriate Use Coalition launched a new target to reduce inappropriate antipsychotic use in Canada's long-term care homes. Set at 15 per cent, the target was developed through a months-long consensus process by an independent panel of experts in LTC. Learn more: https://loom.ly/3jaVEo0

Scholarships now open for the 2026 Choosing Wisely Canada National Meeting on May 25 and 26 in Toronto! Two types of scholarships are available to support those who wish to attend the meeting. Learn more and apply before March 2, 2026: https://loom.ly/OV0WwZs

FIINAL call for content! We are still accepting submissions for the National Meeting in Toronto on May 25 & May 26, 2026! Don’t miss your chance to be featured in workshops, breakouts and more. Submit by 11:59 tonight, December 5: https://loom.ly/tKOHZlY

Happening today! Join us and the @cmadocs.bsky.social for #ClimateRounds at 12 p.m. ET. Learn about practical examples and tools to help clinicians navigate these conversations in everyday clinical settings. 🌎 Register now: https://loom.ly/z9vnLXU

Canada’s health workforce faces growing workload challenges with clinicians stretched across rising demands, administrative tasks, and system pressures. Dr. René Wittmer shares a practical approach to easing workload burden by reducing low-value care. 🩺 Read more: https://loom.ly/X3VmzUo

Scholarships now open for the 2026 Choosing Wisely Canada National Meeting on May 25 and 26 in Toronto! Two types of scholarships are available to support those who wish to attend the meeting. Learn more and apply before March 2, 2026: https://loom.ly/OV0WwZs

Only a few days left to share your #ChoosingWisely projects or innovations! We are still accepting submissions for the National Meeting in Toronto on May 25 & May 26, 2026! Don’t miss your chance to be featured in workshops, breakouts and more. Submit Friday, December 5: https://loom.ly/tKOHZlY

How can we reclaim time in family medicine? Authors in @carriedbernard.bsky.social journal, Canadian Family Physician highlight how unnecessary clinical tasks are a hidden driver of workload burden: https://loom.ly/xbyMekM

ONE WEEK LEFT to share your #ChoosingWisely projects or innovations! We are still accepting submissions for the National Meeting in Toronto on May 25 & May 26, 2026! Don’t miss your chance to be featured in workshops, breakouts and more. Submit by Friday, December 5, 2025: https://loom.ly/tKOHZlY

How can clinicians bring #climate into discussions with their patients, while supporting shared decision making? Join @cmadocs.bsky.social and @choosingwiselyca.bsky.social for the final Climate Rounds of 2025 to discuss how we navigate these complex conversations. Register here: loom.ly/z9vnLXU

Happening today! At 12 p.m ET, join the Appropriate Use Coalition to discuss person-centred approaches to support residents with responsive behaviours. Learn how LTC homes can begin implementing change, engage staff in new approaches, and sustain these practices over time: https://loom.ly/AWBuxOE

New publication in @bmj.com Open Quality shares follow-up analysis on reducing inappropriate RBC transfusions and how to sustain these #QI efforts: https://loom.ly/uz1KnR8

One week away! Join us and the @cmadocs.bsky.social for #ClimateRounds on December 3 at 12 p.m. ET. Learn about practical examples and tools to help clinicians navigate these conversations in everyday clinical settings. 🌎 Register now: https://loom.ly/z9vnLXU

The CANBuild-AMR project is bringing Canada together to reduce unnecessary antibiotic use in primary care. By providing prescribers with feedback, and practical tools to support change, the project aims to improve prescribing practices and combat antimicrobial resistance: https://loom.ly/VITo9GU

Many older adults receive antibiotics for bladder infections even without symptoms. Reduce unnecessary urine testing and optimize antibiotic prescribing with our recommendations, tools, and resources to help you #DitchtheDipstick across care settings. Download now: https://loom.ly/LaHvMts#DitchtheDipstick #WAAW2025

ONLY TWO WEEKS LEFT! Are you leading a #ChoosingWisely project or innovative idea related to overuse? Don’t miss your chance to showcase your work at our National Meeting on May 25 & May 26 in Toronto, ON! Submit your project on #QI, measurement, patient engagement, and more: https://loom.ly/tKOHZlY

In one week, on November 27 at 12 p.m ET, join the Appropriate Use Coalition to discuss person-centred approaches to support residents with responsive behaviours. Learn how LTC homes can begin implementing change, engage staff, and sustain these practices over time: https://loom.ly/AWBuxOE

🚨 Misusing antibiotics can affect everyone. #AntimicrobialResistance (#AMR) occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites no longer respond to medicines. Drug-resistant bacteria can spread and make infections harder to treat. Let’s handle antibiotics with care. Learn more 👉bit.ly/AMRweek2025

RNAO observes #TransgenderDayOfRemembrance, honouring and remembering transgender, non-binary, Two-spirit and/or gender-diverse individuals whose lives have been lost or harmed by transphobic violence. We reflect on how far we have come, yet how much work we still must do. #TDOR #TDOR2025

Antibiotics may seem like a quick fix for tooth pain, but they often do more harm than good. Drs. LouAnn Visconti and Susan Sutherland explain why and offer safer, more effective ways to manage symptoms: https://loom.ly/BFOKl50 #WAAW2025 #AMR

The unnecessary use of #antibiotics for toothaches contributes to the global threat of antimicrobial resistance and can lead to patient harm. Our #ChoosingWisely toolkit offers guidance on managing pain without antibiotics. 🦷 Learn how to take the bite out of tooth pain: loom.ly/bWWmfSE #WAAW2025

This week, November 18-24 is World Antimicrobial Awareness Week! Unnecessary antibiotic use is a major driver of antimicrobial resistance. We can all do our part to protect against this global health threat by using antibiotics wisely: https://loom.ly/2Ia9E1A 💊 #WAAW2025 #AMR

Happening today! You can still register to join #CWTalks at 1 p.m. ET to learn about why low-value urine testing persists, the impact on antibiotic use, and system-wide strategies to improve practice: https://loom.ly/0AhM4SI#CWTalks #WAAW2025

This week, November 9-15 is #NationalNursePractitionerWeek! Choosing Wisely Canada celebrates the vital contributions of NPs to reducing unnecessary testing and promoting evidence-based and patient-centred care.🩺

Join #CWTalks next Tuesday, 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#CWTalks #WAAW2025

Join us and the @cmadocs.bsky.social for #ClimateRounds on December 3 at 12 p.m. ET. Learn about practical examples and tools to help clinicians navigate these conversations in everyday clinical settings. 🌎 Register now: https://loom.ly/z9vnLXU

On November 27 at 12 p.m ET, join the Appropriate Use Coalition to discuss person-centred approaches to support residents with responsive behaviours. Learn how LTC homes can begin implementing change, engage staff in new approaches, and sustain these practices over time: https://loom.ly/EHSe_e8

Four more weeks to submit content! Don’t miss your chance to be featured in workshops, breakouts and more. Submit your #ChoosingWisely projects or innovations for the 2026 National Meeting until December 5, 2025: https://loom.ly/tKOHZlY

Today is the first day of #FMF2025 in Winnipeg, MB! Come find us in booth 520 at the RBC Convention Centre between now and Saturday to learn about Choosing Wisely resources for workload burden, PPI deprescribing and more. 🩺

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#CWTalks #WAAW2025

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

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

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

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

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 🩸