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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2019

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

RECOGNIZING AND SUPPORTING THE "CHOOSING WISELY CAMPAIGN" ON MAY

21, 2019, AND DECLARING THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND TO BE A "CHOOSING

WISELY STATE"

     

     Introduced By: Senators Miller, Ruggerio, Felag, Gallo, and Sheehan

     Date Introduced: May 21, 2019

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

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     WHEREAS, The goal of the Choosing Wisely Campaign is to promote conversations

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between physicians and patients about unnecessary care and thereby reduce wasteful spending of

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health care dollars on unnecessary tests, treatments, and procedures in the health care system; and

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     WHEREAS, Choosing Wisely is a national effort led by the American Board of Internal

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Medicine Foundation garnering the participation of over 80 medical specialty societies who have

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published more than 550 recommendations of overused tests, treatments, and procedures that

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clinicians and patients should discuss; and

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     WHEREAS, An informed and educated patient can feel empowered to ask questions

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about his or her health, including alternatives for pain medication, surgeries, and other medical

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care; and

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     WHEREAS, The medical community recognizes the importance of having an open

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dialogue with their patients on the benefit and risks of medicines, tests and procedures; and

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     WHEREAS, The Choosing Wisely Rhode Island Campaign, sponsored by the Rhode

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Island Business Group on Health and the Rhode Island Foundation, has brought together a broad

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coalition of stakeholders, including physicians/clinicians, patients, community advocates, and

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government and business leaders who are working together to benefit present and future

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generations of Rhode Islanders; now, therefore be it

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     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

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hereby recognizes and supports the Choosing Wisely Rhode Island Campaign and encourages

 

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statewide implementation by all stakeholders; and be it further

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     RESOLVED, That this Senate hereby proclaims Rhode Island to be a "Choosing Wisely

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State"; and be it further

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     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

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transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to Paul Martineau, Chairman of the Board, Rhode

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Island Business Group on Health, and Neil D. Steinberg, President and CEO, the Rhode Island

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Foundation.

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