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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

clinicians and patients should discuss; and

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

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

care; and

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

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

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

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

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

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

generations of Rhode Islanders; now, therefore be it

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

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

statewide implementation by all stakeholders; and be it further

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

State"; and be it further

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

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

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

Foundation.

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