Deliberate Clinical Inertia is the art of doing nothing as a positive response, focusing on avoiding harm. The concept aligns with Choosing Wisely and promotes care in resource use and encourages patients and doctors to ask the question: ‘Do I really need this test or treatment?’.

Many research projects at Gold Coast University Hospital, such as Deliberate Clinical Inertia, focus on finding treatments that are less invasive for patients, cheaper for the system, easier to administer for the staff, and lead to the same or better health outcomes for the patients.