| About Choosing Wisely Patients sometimes ask for tests and treatments that are not necessarily in their best interest. And physicians often struggle with decisions about prescribing tests and procedures as a way of covering all possible bases. To answer this need leading medical specialty societies developed evidence-based lists of tests and procedures for patients and physicians to question as part of choosing wisely. The goal of choosing wisely is to help physicians, patients think and talk about overuse of health care resources in the United States. The campaign is part of promoting wise choices by clinicians in order to improve health care outcomes, provide patient-centered care that avoids unnecessary and even harmful interventions, and reduce the rapidly-expanding costs of the health care system. Click here to learn more |