[The Choosing Wisely Initiative (CWI): Background, aims and problems of a professional campaign against oversupply]

Heiner Raspe

doi:10.1016/j.zefq.2017.10.013

[The Choosing Wisely Initiative (CWI): Background, aims and problems of a professional campaign against oversupply]

Z Evid Fortbild Qual Gesundhwes. 2017 Dec:129:12-17. doi: 10.1016/j.zefq.2017.10.013. Epub 2017 Nov 16.

[Article in German]

Author

Heiner Raspe¹

Affiliation

¹ Gastwissenschaftler am Institut für Ethik, Geschichte und Theorie der Medizin, Soetenkamp 16, 48149 Münster, Germany. Electronic address: hraspe@uni-muenster.de.

PMID: 29153355
DOI: 10.1016/j.zefq.2017.10.013

Abstract

The Choosing Wisely Initiative (CWI) started in 2012 follows a proposal by Howard Brody (2010). Using CWI, the US ABIM Foundation continued its work to strengthen medical professionalism. The text describes CWI's development, aims, mission, and dissemination. It discusses some of its limits and problems. An appendix tabulates similarities and differences between CWI and a (2016) subsequent initiative from the German Society of Internal Medicine (DGIM: Klug Entscheiden Empfehlungen/decide wisely recommendations).

Keywords: ABIM Foundation; Choosing Wisely; Probleme; Vorgeschichte; history; problems.

MeSH terms

Germany
Humans
Internal Medicine* / standards
Medical Overuse / prevention & control
Societies, Medical / standards*