Choosing Wisely + ASCP

ASCP is proud to join the ABIM Foundation in the Choosing Wisely campaign to reduce waste in the healthcare system. As one of 70 medical societies in the Choosing Wisely campaign, ASCP is the only society representing pathology and laboratory medicine. Our goal is to identify the right test at the right time for the right cost to better serve our patients.

Get Involved with Choosing Wisely

Each year ASCP compiles the most relevant testing questions and protocol improvements developed by the Choosing Wisely community to develope a reference guide of Choosing Wisely Recommendations. These recommendations help pathologists and laboratory professionals make decisions about appropriate testing and patient care.

Get involved by:

Downloading and sharing the reference guide with your team and colleagues
Discussing how you can streamline unnecessary processes in your lab or institution
Visitng our resources

ASCP Choosing Wisely Recommendations

ASCP/ASCLS/ASM Choosing Wisely Recommendations

ASCP Effective Test Utilization Steering Committee

The ASCP Effective Test Utilization Steering Committee is a partner of the ABIMF’s Choosing Wisely Campaign. Its members are experts in the field and consist of both pathologists and laboratory professionals. The work that they have done in the past nine years centers around the patient-centered approach and the current healthcare landscape demanding improved focus on test utilization.

Meet the Committee

About ABIM

Established by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) in 1989, the ABIM Foundation is a charitable organization that develops and implements projects that support medical professionalism and improve the quality of healthcare.

The Foundation's many grants and initiatives encourage medical professionals in different fields to enhance healthcare practices and efficiencies.

ABIM's Success With Choosing Wisely

One of the most notable initiatives, the Choosing Wisely campaign helps reduce waste in the healthcare system by lowering the amount of unnecessary tests and treatments.

Campaign exposure and recommendations from participating societies have resulted in nearly 300 journal articles and more than 10,000 media articles since its inception in 2012.

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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