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The Train Has Left the Station: But Who is On the Train?
I recently attended the Midwest Business Coalition on Healthcare’s (MBCH) Annual Meeting about the Choosing Wisely™ campaign. MBCH is a member of the consumer coalition that will disseminate Consumer Reports’ patient-friendly translations of the 45 recommendations of tests and procedures that physicians and patients should question. At the meeting, a high-level physician executive of one [...]
The Testing Glut
This post originally appeared in the L.A. Times. In case you missed it, a recommendation came out last month that physicians cut back on using 45 common tests and treatments. In addition, patients were advised to question doctors who recommend such things as antibiotics for mild sinusitis, CT scans for an uncomplicated headache or a [...]
Recommended Reading: April 28-May 4
For this week’s Recommended Reading, check out more coverage of Choosing Wisely® and other articles on overuse: Brad Flansbaum asks whether we are “Choosing Wisely or Vicely” on the Hospitalist Leader blog. The Wall Street Journal calls Choosing Wisely “Care That’s Just Right” American Cancer Society Medical Director Otis Brawley delivered a speech at a [...]
Random Acts of Medical Professionalism
I have been mulling over the concept of recognizing random acts of professionalism for years – honest! I cannot believe that lawyers from the Washington State Bar Association beat me to it. “Professionalism may not be sufficient to drive the profound and far-reaching changes needed in the U.S. health care system, but without it, the [...]
All We Are Saying Is… Give Professionalism A Chance
As ABIM and ABIM Foundation President and CEO Chris Cassel pointed out in her recent post, the Choosing Wisely® campaign is medical professionalism in action. But this is not professionalism where protectionism is being professed. Rather, the profession has taken the bold and brave step of not only identifying the tests with little value but [...]
A Key to Success for Choosing Wisely – R.E.S.P.E.C.T
In my post, Fresh Air in the Capital and Throughout the Nation, I wrote about the important ingredients for initial success of the Choosing Wisely® campaign: Right messenger Right message Simple actionable steps Respectful and trusting relationships In this post, I want to address the last, fourth pillar for the campaign: Respectful and trusting relationships. [...]
Recommended Reading: April 12-19
The blogosphere continues to buzz about Choosing Wisely®. Below is a sampling of recent posts: Forbes notes that Choosing Wisely “has dominated health headlines since nine medical specialty boards recently announced their support…” David Katz, Director of the Yale Prevention Research Center, calls Choosing Wisely Good Answers for Good Questions. Michael Barry of the Informed Medical [...]
Joining the Choosing Wisely Campaign
The Choosing Wisely® campaign’s focus is on developing conversations between patients and physicians and among physicians about appropriate care and smart decisions. The catalyst for these conversations and decisions are the “Five Things” lists of tests and procedures where there is little or no evidence on their effectiveness in diagnosing or treating an illness. Through [...]
Recommended Reading: April 5-12, 2012
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 [...]
Fresh Air in the Capital and Throughout the Nation
Last week marked the start of a different type of conversation about the appropriate use and reduction of unnecessary care in the U.S. health care system. On April 4, nine specialty societies made public their lists of “Five Things Patients and Physicians Should Question.” Many national and local newspapers, broadcast media and blogs covered the [...]
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