"Choosing Wisely aims to encourage clinician and patient conversations across all disciplines of medicine. ASCP's work focuses on identifying tests that are commonly ordered but not always appropriate. When implemented, these recommendations can result in higher quality care, lower costs, and more effective use of our medical laboratory resources."

Lee Hilborne, MD, MPH, FASCP, DLM(ASCP)^cm

Quest Diagnostics, Secaucus, NJ; UCLA Health, Los Angeles, CA

About Choosing Wisely

Evidence shows that 30% of the care delivered in the United States is inappropriate. Choosing Wisely is part of a multi-year effort led the ABIM Foundation to support and engage physicians in being better stewards of finite healthcare resources. ASCP is one of 70 medical societies in the Choosing Wisely campaign and is the only society representing pathologists and laboratory professionals.

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ASCP Releases New Lists of Choosing Wisely Recommendations with ASCLS and ASM

In collaboration with the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS) and American Society for Microbiology (ASM), ASCP has released two new lists of recommendations for laboratory tests that are commonly ordered but not always appropriate in pathology and laboratory medicine.

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