American Geriatrics Society Identifies Another Five Things That Healthcare Providers and Patients Should Question

Since 2012, the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) has also been collaborating with the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Foundation, joining its “Choosing Wisely” campaign on two separate lists of Five Things Healthcare Providers and Patients Should Question. The campaign is designed to eng...

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Published in:Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) 2014-05, Vol.62 (5), p.950-960
Main Author: AGS Choosing Wisely Workgroup
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Delivery of Health Care - standards
Drug therapy
General aspects
geriatrics
Geriatrics - methods
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Health participants
Health Personnel - standards
Health Services Misuse - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Medical procedures
Medical sciences
Medical tests
Miscellaneous
Patient safety
patient-centered care
Patients
Physicians
Professional-Patient Relations
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Societies, Medical
special article
United States
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Summary:Since 2012, the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) has also been collaborating with the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Foundation, joining its “Choosing Wisely” campaign on two separate lists of Five Things Healthcare Providers and Patients Should Question. The campaign is designed to engage healthcare organizations and professionals, individuals, and family caregivers in discussions about the safety and appropriateness of medical tests, medications, and procedures. Participating healthcare providers are asked to identify five things—tests, medications, or procedures—that appear to harm rather than help. Providers then share this information in a published article about these things on the ABIM campaign's website (www.choosingwisely.org). The first AGS list was published in February 2013.
ISSN:0002-8614
1532-5415
DOI:10.1111/jgs.12770