The impact of COVID-19 on Australian clinicians' decision making in line with the principles of Choosing Wisely.

Aim: To explore the perspectives of clinicians' decision-making processes and considerations in line with the Choosing Wisely principles during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Design: An exploratory qualitative approach was used.

Methods: Data were collected via semi-structured interviews to encourage participants to discuss their own experience in making clinical decisions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Doctors' and Nurses' Attitudes of Acupuncture and Acupressure use in Perioperative Care: An Australian National Survey.

Background: Acupuncture and acupressure are not being systematically used in the management of postoperative nausea and vomiting and pain, despite being included in the guidelines.

Aim: To examine the beliefs, attitudes, and knowledge of Australian nurses/midwives and doctors toward the perioperative use of AA for the management of postoperative nausea and vomiting and pain; to explore the barriers and enablers influencing acupuncture and acupressure integration into hospital setting.

Methods: A mixed-mode approach was undertaken for data collection.

Smartphone and mHealth Use After Stroke: Results From a Pilot Survey.

Advances in smartphone technology have revolutionized health care providing innovative approaches to improve health and well-being. Emerging mobile health (mHealth) apps are becoming increasingly available and offer opportunities to support self-management needs in people with stroke; however, experiences with mHealth among this population are not well understood. The objective of this study is to conduct a cross-sectional survey on smartphone and mHealth app use for adults with stroke.

Engaging consumers and health professionals in collaborative decision-making to optimize care.

Shared communication and collaborative decision-making between consumers and health professionals is essential in optimizing the quality of consumer care. However, the consumers' ability to ask questions and seek answers, as well as health professionals' communication skills to engage with the consumer, are necessary considerations for the collaborative decision-making process. This quality improvement initiative sought to understand the context of collaborative decision making from the perspective of consumers and health professionals adapted from the international Choosing Wisely program.

Interventions to promote family member involvement in adult critical care settings: a systematic review.

Objective: To identify, appraise and synthesise evidence of interventions designed to promote family member involvement in adult critical care units; and to develop a working typology of interventions for use by health professionals and family members.

Design: Mixed-method systematic review.

Data Sources: Bibliographic databases were searched without date restriction up to June 2019: MEDLINE, EMBASE and CINAHL; the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Joanna Briggs and Cochrane Libraries.