The Medical Professionalism Blog

This Recommended Reading installment features coverage of the ABIM Foundation’s Choosing Wisely^® campaign, which attracted television, radio, newspaper and blog coverage and set the Twitterverse abuzz.  Enjoy!

• A New York Times editorial asked, “Do You Need that Test?”
•  Former CMS head Don Berwick argues that, with this campaign, “Physicians Step to the Front in Health Care Reform.”   
• Kevin Pho of KevinMD fame, weighed in with his support of the campaign, urging doctors and patients to “talk more, test less.” 
• Blogger Dr. John M called Choosing Wisely^® “a great name for a great plan,” and has already proposed his own “Top Five” list for electrophysiology.