Research projects
The non-profit association "smarter medicine - Choosing Wisely Switzerland" supports projects to reduce the deplorable state of overuse and misuse in medicine.
If you are conducting or have conducted a project on a relevant topic, you can submit your project to smartermedicine@sgaim.ch. If the project meets the criteria (see the form below), we will list it on the website.
| Name(s) | Title | Affililated institution(s) | More information | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PD Dr. med. Carole Aubert, MSc | Not to D: Comparison of two interventions to reduce inappropriate measurement and supplementation of vitamin D. | Institute of Primary Health Care (BIHAM) and Department of General Internal Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Department of Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine, CHUV, Lausanne University Hospital, University of Lausanne | smarter medicine Research Grant 2021 | |
| Dr. med. Andreas Plate, MSc | The “Smarter Decision” Study: Does the Smarter Medicine Fact-sheet on antibiotics in respiratory tract infections promote Shared decision making in Swiss Primary Care? A pragmatic pre-post in-terventional trial. | Institute of Primary Care, University and University Hospital Zurich | smarter medicine Research Grant 2021 | |
| Nicole Schönenberger, eidg. dipl. Apothekerin | Smarter discharge – efficient identification of general internal medicine patients at elevated risk for preventable medication-related problems at hospital discharge. | Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of General Internal Medicine, Inselspital – University Hospital Bern | smarter medicine Research Grant 2022 | |
| Dr. sci. Guillaume Christe, Prof. Dr. med. Stephane Genevay | A multi-levels approach to reduce unnecessary imaging for low back pain in primary care. | Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève (HUG) Haute Ecole de Sante Vaud (HESAV) Delta Network Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften (ZHAW) | smarter medicine Research Grant 2022 | |
| PD Dr. med. Carole E. Aubert | An INtervention TO increase MOBility in older hospitalised medical patients: the INTOMOB study | Department of General Internal Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Institute of Primary Health Care (BIHAM), University of Bern | Ambizione grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation | |
| Prof. Dr. med. Nicolas Rodondi, PD Dr. med. Carole E. Aubert | Implementing a patient-centred and evidence-based inter-vention to reduce BEnzodiazepine and sedative-hypnotic use to improve patient SAFEty and quality of care: the BE-SAFE project | Department of General Internal Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Institute of Primary Health Care (BIHAM), University of Bern | Project BE-SAFE supported by the European Union's Horizon Europe re-search and innovation programme | |
| Prof. Dr. Tobias Müller | Why do so many patients undergo unnecessary surgery? Financial Incentives and Overuse in Hospital Care | Bern University of Applied Sciences, Institute of Health Economics and Health Policy | SNSF – Health and Wellbeing |