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Choosing Wisely Recommendations for Family Physicians

The Physician Learning Program and Choosing Wisely Alberta, supported by the AMA, have developed an innovative initiative addressing a problem across the health system; too many tests, procedures and treatments done when they have low value.

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Building Capacity

Developing a Data Dashboard for Calgary Anesthetists

Health administrative data dashboards have the potential to provide clinicians with timely information that can positively affect their practice. PLP is helping Calgary Anesthetists develop a continual practice feedback system using Tableau.

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Featured Data Story

Sepsis in the Emergency Department

Surviving Sepsis Campaign Recommendation: Administration of effective intravenous antimicrobials within the first hour of recognition of septic shock (grade 1B) and severe sepsis without septic shock (grade 1C) as the goal of therapy.

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Featured Data Story

Antipsychotic and sedative use in seniors admitted to Calgary hospitalists

Calgary Hospitalists reduce their use of antipsychotics and sedatives in seniors following education and data with feedback sessions.

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Data Story

Don’t repeat Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DEXA) scans more often than every 2 years

17% (62,525) were done less than two years apart

DEXA scans done between Jan 2010 and Dec 2013
Osteoporosis & Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry
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Tranexamic acid (TXA) use during Anesthesia for total joint replacements in Calgary

Does the use of intravenous tranexamic acid (TXA) by Calgary anesthesiologists during total knee and hip replacement procedures affect blood transfusion rates in the 72 hours following surgery?

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February 27, 2017

Choosing Wisely Canada National Meeting - hosted by Choosing Wisely Alberta

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Current Projects

An Overview of Our active projects

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Developing a data dashboard for Calgary anesthesia departments

Tableau data dashboards can provide continual monitoring of physician practice and identify areas where practice change could imp...
Tranexamic acid use during Anesthesia for total joint replacements in Calgary

Does the use of intravenous tranexamic acid (TXA) by Calgary anesthesiologists during total knee and hip replacement procedures af...
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Medical and Surgical Management Practices for Hysterectomies in Calgary

Hysterectomies are the fourth most common surgical procedure in Alberta and an accurate reflection of hysterectomy rates and pract...
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Optimizing a data dashboard for Calgary Emergency Departments

Health administrative data dashboards have the potential to provide clinicians with timely information that can positively affect ...
Antipsychotic and sedative medication use in seniors admitted to Calgary hospitalists

Calgary zone hospitalists partnered with the Physician Learning Program to examine prescribing practices and determine if facilita...
Macular Degeneration

Intravitreal Injection Treatment Patterns by Alberta Retina Specialists for Wet Macular Degeneration
Bariatric Surgery Referral
Preoperative Testing for Low Risk Patients

Preoperative diagnostic imaging and laboratory tests have little value for asymptomatic patients under-going low-risk non-cardiac ...
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Diagnostic Imaging for Uncomplicated Headache

Diagnostic imaging is not indicated in low risk headache patients with no red flags. The project aims to determine the incidence o...
Diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis in patients with hip fractures

The majority of hip fractures occur as a result of osteoporosis which may or may not have been diagnosed when the event occurs. T...
Sepsis in the ED: Emergency Physician Recognition and Treatment

Proper diagnosis and time to administering antibiotic treatment are critical factors determining the outcome of patients admitted ...
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Antipsychotic use in Children and the Elderly

Provide physicians with knowledge of their antipsychotic prescription practice profile and monitoring program for patients on thes...
Provincial Cholecystectomy Conversion Rates

The objective of this project is to measure the provincial cholecystectomy conversion rate variance and its impact on whether the ...
Dyslipidemia Screening and Treatment in Alberta

Physicians enrolled in the ASaP initiative received information about on screening and management practices for their patients wit...
Pediatric Anesthesia II – Outcomes

Anesthesiology practices used during pediatric tonsillectomy surgery at Alberta Children’s Hospital were assessed to determine the...
Clinical Queries: Atypical Antipsychotics in the Elderly

Participants received information on the provincial trends for prescribing atypical antipsychotics in seniors and also a snapshot ...
Clinical Queries: Oral Hypoglycemic Agents

Physicians received data on the provincial prescribing trends of oral hypoglycemic agents and a snapshot of the demographics of th...
Clinical Queries: Oral Anticoagulants in the Elderly

This project provided physicians with provincial prescribing trends of oral anticoagulants in seniors and a snapshot of how many o...
Electronic Medical Records (EMR)

How can your EMR help you provide better care?
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A few from our team @kwburak and @shawnkdowling will be there and on the program leading a workshop on physician en… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

CMAJ @CMAJ

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Great list from @DrJoshuaTepper of important trends and considerations when thinking about and planning data driven… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

Alberta PLP @AlbertaPLP

Great opportunity to scale and spread initiatives shown to be successful and that already have strong awareness in… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…