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Choosing Wisely: Second-round GI test list fine tuned


 

AT A PRESS CONFERENCE HELD BY THE AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

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Later this year, several groups will add to their lists and a new cohort of physician organizations will join the effort, ABIM’s Dr. Cassell noted.

"I don’t think we can overcommunicate on this issue – to patients, to providers, to employers," Dr. David L. Longworth, chairman of the Medicine Institute at the Cleveland Clinic, said at the briefing. "We need to reframe expectations and educate people about what is and is not appropriate."

All of the lists can be found at the Choosing Wisely website.

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