Patient education materials to implement choosing wisely recommendations for internal medicine at the emergency department.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Choosing Wisely aims to reduce low-value care to improve quality and lower costs. In the Netherlands, this campaign offers three recommendations for internal medicine applicable in emergency departments (EDs): (1) do not place an indwelling urinary catheter in non-critically ill patients who can void; (2) do not order plain abdominal radiographs in patients with acute abdominal pain; and (3) discuss whether treatment limitations are needed. This quality improvement project aims to increase the implementation of the recommendations by patient information leaflets.

Methods

In a prospective before-after study, we collected data every other week during baseline and intervention periods (both 7 months) in two university medical centres. The primary outcomes were the ad

SUBMITTER: Laan BJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7871247 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature