AAFP releases 2nd choosing wisely list of questionable tests, procedures.

As part of an ongoing effort to help physicians curtail the practice of ordering unnecessary tests and procedures, the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) today released its second Choosing Wisely list of recommendations. For this extension of the original American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation initiative, which launched in April 2012, the Academy joined 16 other medical specialty organizations in Washington, DC, to unveil the second wave of lists detailing various tests and treatments physicians should think twice about before performing, ordering, or prescribing. AAFP Board Chair Glen Stream, MD, MBI, of Spokane, Washington, represented the Academy at the February 21 press event. The campaign underscores family physicians’ long-term commitment to ensuring high-quality, costeffective care for patients, Stream said in a prepared statement.