TY - JOUR T1 - Yonder: Vitamin D screening, startups, social distancing, and world leaders on Twitter JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 348 LP - 348 DO - 10.3399/bjgp20X710573 VL - 70 IS - 696 AU - Ahmed Rashid Y1 - 2020/07/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/70/696/348.abstract N2 - Yonder: a diverse selection of primary care relevant research stories from beyond the mainstream biomedical literatureThe Choosing Wisely movement arose several years ago in North America with the intention of galvanising the medical profession to reduce unnecessary care. One of the recommendations that has emerged from this campaign advises against routine screening for Vitamin D deficiency, on the basis that there is minimal benefit to screening and subsequent treatment in the general population. An American research team recently sought to reduce such screening.1 They tested a low-resource intervention that included an educational memo distributed to primary care physicians and the removal of the Vitamin D test from the quick order screen in the electronic health record, and found it was associated with significant … ER -