The Medical Professionalism Blog

This week’s Recommended Reading spotlights the release of a new round of Choosing Wisely® lists. This week, seventeen medical specialty societies each unveiled new lists of five medical tests, procedures or therapies which are commonly used but may not always be necessary:

• Choosing Wisely partner Consumer Reports featured the campaign in a recent blog post, which also spotlighted Consumer Reports’ Choosing Wisely resources.
• NPR’s Shots blog highlights some of the 90 new recommendations issued by Choosing Wisely partners.
• Newspapers across the country covered the campaign. Included in the newspaper coverage was a Cleveland Plain Dealer interview with ABIM Foundation Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Daniel Wolfson.