UNNECESSARY OVERTREATMENT, OVER TESTING AND OVER PREVENTING

A MEASURE FOR ESTIMATING THE MAGNITUDE OF UNNECESSARY OVERTREATMENT, OVER TESTING AND OVER PREVENTING

Telehealth care teams could reduce unnecessary readmissions after acute coronary syndrome

A telemedicine-based approach for the management of patients following ACS was associated with a reduction in hospital readmission, ED visits, unplanned coronary revascularization and patient reported symptoms.

How citizen science is conquering healthcare in Europe

 https://www.utwente.nl/en/designlab/news/2021/6/1106276/how-citizen-science-is-conquering-healthcare-in-europe

Welcome to the platform for sharing citizen science projects, resources, tools, training and much more

 https://eu-citizen.science

European Citizen Science Association: Citizen science for health

 https://ecsa.citizen-science.net/working-groups/citizen-science-for-health

A Scoping Review of Citizen Science Approaches in Chronic Disease Prevention

 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.743348/full

 

 

 

The Science of Citizen Science

https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-58278-4

Doctors fear Google skin check app will lead to ‘tsunami of overdiagnosis’

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/may/21/doctors-fear-google-skin-check-app-will-lead-to-tsunami-of-overdiagnosis

How doctor culture sinks U.S. healthcare

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-05-16/healthcare-harm-doctors-culture-prevention-unnecessary-procedures

Development and implementation of a clinician report to reduce unnecessary urine drug screen testing in the ED: a quality improvement initiative

https://emj.bmj.com/content/early/2021/05/11/emermed-2020-210009

Benefits of Avoiding Unnecessary Medical Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic

https://www.aafp.org/afp/2021/0515/p584.html

Most patients receive unnecessary imaging or other testing before routine surgeries despite efforts to curb this practice, Michigan Medicine reported Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine.

https://www.radiologybusiness.com/topics/quality/unnecessary-imaging-pre-op-test-low-risk-surgery

We can prevent and tackle mental-ill health through green social prescribing

https://www.politicshome.com/thehouse/article/every-mind-matters-government-pledges-to-prevent-and-tackle-mentalill-health-through-green-social-prescribing

Workshop on social prescribing and how it can boost wellbeing

https://www.westbewell.ie/2021/05/07/workshop-on-social-prescribing-and-how-it-can-boost-wellbeing/

Do We Still Need to Keep Wearing Masks Outdoors?

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/22/well/live/covid-masks-outdoors.html

How many urinalysis and urine cultures are necessary?

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0953620520303290

To Optimize Medication Use, Listen to the Patient’s Perspective

 https://www.healthitanswers.net/to-optimize-medication-use-listen-to-the-patients-perspective/

What's the harm in using existing medications to treat COVID-19?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2020-08-25/covid-19-repurposed-treatments/12587250

Biotin is unlikely to make you look any younger, even taken in large quantities; but it may well prevent a doctor from diagnosing a heart attack if you have one, a study published in JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association finds.

http://www.thedoctorwillseeyounow.com/content/heart/art6211.html

Instead of returning to “normal” after the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada should adopt a health-care system that focuses on prevention and the social determinants of health

https://theconversation.com/no-back-to-normal-after-covid-19-health-care-should-shift-focus-from-treatment-to-prevention-143260