Resources

Choosing Wisely^® is part of a multi-year effort of the ABIM Foundation to help physicians be better stewards of finite health care resources. These resources highlight the important issues driving the campaign.

	Choosing Wisely One-Pager This one-page summary gives a brief overview of Choosing Wisely and the importance for patients and physicians to work together to make wise choices. The paper also describes the core components of the campaign and lists Choosing Wisely partners to date.
	The ABIM Foundation’s Medical Professionalism Blog The Medical Professionalism Blog was created to stimulate conversations and highlight best practices related to medical professionalism. Topics focus on new research, innovative ideas and thought-provoking commentaries.
	Medical Professionalism in the New Millennium: A Physician Charter (2002) Authored by the ABIM Foundation in partnership with the American College of Physicians Foundation and the European Federation of Internal Medicine, and endorsed by over 130 organizations, the Physician Charter articulates professional commitments of physicians and health care professionals.
	The “Top 5″ Lists in Primary Care This paper, authored by the Good Stewardship Working Group of the National Physicians Alliance, was published in Archives of Internal Medicine as part of the "Less is More" Series. The project aimed to develop a list of the top 5 activities in family medicine, internal medicine and pediatrics where the quality of care could be improved.
	“Top 5″ Lists Tops 5 Billion In response to the National Physicians Alliance “Top 5” lists, research published in Archives of Internal Medicine found a cost savings of more than $5 billion could be realized if the recommendations were put into practice.