Together we are committed to providing the safest, high-quality, high-value care for our patients. The RCH became a Choosing Wisely Champion Hospital in 2019, advocating strongly for reducing tests, treatments and procedures which add no benefit and can in some cases cause emotional stress or harm. Through Choosing Wisely, we are part of a worldwide campaign challenging clinicians to think differently about the way we provide care, and to challenge the status quo when what we might normally do is no longer adding value to the patient experience. This movement in health also empowers consumers to be a part of the care team and to engage in conversations regarding which tests, treatments and procedures are truly necessary.

In our first Choosing Wisely project, The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) aimed to reduce low-value care in bronchiolitis, a viral chest infection which leads to the highest number of hospital admissions in infants during winter.

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