Choosing Wisely

Choosing Wisely was an ABIM Foundation initiative in which medical specialty societies identified tests, treatments, and procedures to question. The campaign ended in 2023. AAFP preserves the recommendations as an archive and no longer updates them; see the introduction to its archived collection.

Download the archive

• Choosing Wisely recommendations (local PDF, 163 pages)
• Original AAFP PDF

This local copy preserves AAFP’s Choosing_Wisely_071526.pdf unchanged. Its filename date identifies the archived file, not a clinical evidence update. Recommendations are grouped by topic, with sponsoring organizations and references listed for each item. Use the contents page or search the PDF for a society name.

Hospital medicine publications

The former society pages on choosingwisely.org no longer open the individual lists. These publications provide separate adult and pediatric references:

• Society of Hospital Medicine - Adult (2022)Choosing Wisely in Adult Hospital Medicine · 2022 · J Gen Intern MedSociety of Hospital Medicine clinicians and patient advocates jointly prioritized adult hospital medicine recommendations to reduce low-value care.View source ↗: Choosing Wisely in Adult Hospital Medicine: Co-creation of New Recommendations for Improved Healthcare Value by Clinicians and Patient Advocates.
• Pediatric Hospital Medicine - SHM, AAP, APA (2021)Choosing Wisely in Pediatric Hospital Medicine · 2021 · Hosp PediatrA national pediatric hospital medicine working group used evidence review and a modified Delphi process to identify five priorities for improving care value for hospitalized children.View source ↗: Choosing Wisely in Pediatric Hospital Medicine: 5 New Recommendations to Improve Value.

These are dated publications. The local PDF is an archival reference, not a continuously maintained guideline.