Improving health outcomes and promoting stewardship of resources: ABIM Foundation’s choosing wisely campaign

Virtual Mentor

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 880-884

  Ferguson, Todd ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METHODOLOGY; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

DECISION MAKING; FOUNDATIONS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84882243623     PISSN: 19377010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2012.14.11.pfor2-1211     Document Type: Review

References (11)

1. Pellegrino ED, Thomasma, DC. A Philosophical Basis of Medical Practice: Toward a Philosophy and Ethic of the Healing Professions. New York: Oxford University Press; 1981.
2. Pellegrino, Thomasma, 269.
3. American Medical Association Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs. CEHA Report 1-A-12: Physician stewardship of health care resources [adopted June 2012]. http://www.ama-assn.org/resources/doc/ethics/ceja1a12.pdf. Accessed October 10, 2012.
4. Choosing Wisely. The Choosing Wisely campaign: five things physicians and patients should question. http://choosingwisely.org/wpcontent/uploads/2011/12/about_choosingwisely.pdf. Accessed October 10, 2012.
5. ABIM Foundation. Choosing Wisely web site. http://choosingwisely.org. Accessed October 10, 2012.
6. Consumer Health Choices. Campaign: Choosing Wisely: educating consumers about appropriate care. http://consumerhealthchoices.org/campaigns/choosing-wisely. Accessed October 10, 2012.
7. Choosing Wisely. American Academy of Family Physicians: five things physicians and patients should question. http://choosingwisely.org/wpcontent/uploads/2012/04/5things_12_factsheet_Amer_Acad_Fam_Phys.pdf. Accessed October 10, 2012.
8. Choosing Wisely. Allergy tests: when you need them—and when you don’t. http://consumerhealthchoices.org/wpcontent/uploads/2012/07/ChoosingWiselyAllergyTestsAAAAI.pdf. Accessed October 10, 2012.
9. Choosing Wisely. Treating heartburn and GERD. http://consumerhealthchoices.org/wpcontent/uploads/2012/05/ChoosingWiselyHeartburnAGA2.pdf. Accessed October 10, 2012.
10. Choosing Wisely. Treating sinusitis: don’t rush to antibiotics. http://consumerhealthchoices.org/wpcontent/uploads/2012/04/ChoosingWiselySinusitusAAAAI.pdf. Accessed October 10, 2012.
11. Pellegrino, Thomasma, 280.