Table 2. Characteristics of the initiatives aimed at reducing low-value or inappropriate healthcare interventions included in DianaHealth.com until July 2015.
Results are shown in order of year of launching.
| Initiative(year of launching/publication) | Authors (Country) | Type of initiative | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10. Doing more does not mean doing better (In Italian, Fare di più non significa fare meglio) (2012) | Slow Medicine (Italy) | Campaign gathering clinical recommendations from scientific societies | 209 Clinical recommendations [22,23]; patient-friendly materials |
| 11. Essencial (2013) | Agència d’Avaluació i Qualitat Sanitàries de Catalunya (AquAS) (Catalonia, Spain) | Campaign gathering clinical recommendations from scientific societies | 37 Evidence-based recommendations [24]; patient-friendly materials |
| 12. Compromiso por la calidad de las Sociedades Científicas (In English, Scientific Societies' Commitment for quality) (2013) | Ministerio de Sanidad, Servicios Sociales e Igualdad (Spain) | Campaign gathering clinical recommendations from scientific societies | 105 Clinical recommendations [25] |
| 13. Prasad, et al. Article (2013) | Researchers from several centres and universities (United States) | Conclusions from literature review | A list of 146 existing practices found to be no better than a lesser Therapy [13] |
| 14. TheBMJ Too Much Medicine (first article in the collection is from 2013) | The British Medical Journal (International journal based in the UK) | Collection of articles | 139 Original investigations, editorials, or analyses about unnecessary care [26] |
| 15. Choosing Wisely Canada (2014) | Canadian Medical Association/University of Toronto and national societies (Canada) | Campaign gathering clinical recommendations from scientific societies | 151 Evidence-based recommendations [10]; patient-friendly materials |
| 16. Choosing Wisely Netherlands Campaign (2014) | Dutch Association of Medical Specialists (OMS), scientific associations and ZonMw (Netherlands) | Campaign gathering clinical recommendations from scientific societies | Wise choices: 25 clinical recommendations [11]; Care evaluation: effectiveness studies; Analyses of the variations in health services activity |
| 17. Prescrire Pour mieux soigner, des medicaments à écarter: bilan (In English, Towards better patient care: drugs to avoid in 2015) (2014–2015) | Prescrire.org (France) | Conclusions from literature review | List of 71 drugs considered more harmful than beneficial [27,28] |