Patient-Oriented Evidence that Matters (POEMs) Suggest Potential Clinical Topics for the Choosing Wisely Campaign
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On board with the Choosing Wisely campaign.
We commend the American Society of Anesthesiologists for using solid and transparent methods to develop a “top-five” list of low-value activities that should be avoided. We publ i shed this list1 in an ongoing effort to support the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation’s “Choosing Wisely” campaign aimed at engaging specialty medical societies to identify low-value health care activitie...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1557-2625,1558-7118
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2015.02.140226