Choosing Wisely Saskatchewan

Reasons why jumping to an X-ray or CT scan for your back pain may not be necessary.

The right information is essential when making decisions about your health! Here's how to tackle misinformation: https://www.saskhealthauthority.ca//Tackling-misinformatio

Post holiday blues? Dealing with COVID got you down? Learn how to improve your happiness, for free. Yale University faculty Laurie Santos takes you through the science of well-being. https://www.coursera.org/learn/the-science-of-well-being

Choose Wisely about following the public health orders. What if there are no hospital beds available because of COVID - then you or someone you love becomes very sick or needs urgent care... Then what?

It's Antimicrobial Awareness week - so what does that mean for you? Read here:

ICYMI: Our Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Susan Shaw, spoke directly to the people of Saskatchewan at today's Government of Saskatchewan provincial news conference.... Take a moment and please read what she said. https://www.saskhealthauthority.ca//Message-from-the-front "...what we’re asking of the public isn’t so hard. When people come to the hospital they often beg us to do everything you can, and now we are begging you in return. Do everything YOU can. Limit your bubble as small as possible, wash your hands regularly, comply with all the public health orders and please put on a mask whenever you’re in a public indoor space. Putting a mask on is not a political statement. It’s a scientific one. And it’s a statement of love..." - Dr. Susan Shaw

Unnecessary antibiotic use is a direct contributor to antimicrobial resistance - one of the most serious health threats facing our world today. One of the ways we can help fight antibiotic resistance is to use antibiotics wisely. https://choosingwiselycanada.org//2020/11/antibiotics-1.gif