Other physician groups have joined the "Choosing Wisely" Campaign to address unnecessary care in American medicine.

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The recommendations are part of a coalition called Choosing Wisely, formed by the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation.

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Last spring the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation and Consumer Reports launched an initiative called Choosing Wisely.

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Profits and losses tell them whether they are choosing wisely or not.

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Thankfully, programs such as Choosing Wisely and the Coalition to Transform Advanced Care address these issues and will hopefully make some headway.

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Choosing wisely may matter even more.

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The information problem comes from the fact that we forsake the social processes that tell us whether we are choosing wisely or not when we make these tasks the responsibility of the government rather than the responsibility of the firms in question.

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Along with the recommendations to cut down on these procedures, an education campaign called Choosing Wisely was launched with the goal to start the important conversation between doctors and patients about the necessity, or lack thereof, of these commonly ordered tests.

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Nina Kaufman has written the book on choosing partners wisely.

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