scholarly journals The ASH‐ASPHO Choosing Wisely Campaign: 5 hematologic tests and treatments to question

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah H. O'Brien ◽  
Sherif M. Badawy ◽  
Seth J. Rotz ◽  
Mona D. Shah ◽  
Julie Makarski ◽  
...  
Blood ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 124 (24) ◽  
pp. 3524-3528 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa K. Hicks ◽  
Harriet Bering ◽  
Kenneth R. Carson ◽  
Adam E. Haynes ◽  
Judith Kleinerman ◽  
...  

Abstract Choosing Wisely® is a medical stewardship initiative led by the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation in collaboration with professional medical societies in the United States. The American Society of Hematology (ASH) released its first Choosing Wisely® list in 2013. Using the same evidence-based methodology as in 2013, ASH has identified 5 additional tests and treatments that should be questioned by clinicians and patients under specific, indicated circumstances. The ASH 2014 Choosing Wisely® recommendations include: (1) do not anticoagulate for more than 3 months in patients experiencing a first venous thromboembolic event in the setting of major, transient risk factors for venous thromboembolism; (2) do not routinely transfuse for chronic anemia or uncomplicated pain crises in patients with sickle cell disease; (3) do not perform baseline or surveillance computed tomography scans in patients with asymptomatic, early-stage chronic lymphocytic leukemia; (4) do not test or treat for heparin-induced thrombocytopenia if the clinical pretest probability of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia is low; and (5) do not treat patients with immune thrombocytopenia unless they are bleeding or have very low platelet counts.


Hematology ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa K. Hicks ◽  
Harriet Bering ◽  
Kenneth R. Carson ◽  
Judith Kleinerman ◽  
Vishal Kukreti ◽  
...  

Abstract Choosing Wisely® is a medical stewardship and quality improvement initiative led by the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation in collaboration with leading medical societies in the United States. The ASH is an active participant in the Choosing Wisely® project. Using an iterative process and an evidence-based method, ASH has identified 5 tests and treatments that in some circumstances are not well supported by evidence and which in certain cases involve a risk of adverse events and financial costs with low likelihood of benefit. The ASH Choosing Wisely® recommendations focus on avoiding liberal RBC transfusion, avoiding thrombophilia testing in adults in the setting of transient major thrombosis risk factors, avoiding inferior vena cava filter usage except in specified circumstances, avoiding the use of plasma or prothrombin complex concentrate in the nonemergent reversal of vitamin K antagonists, and limiting routine computed tomography surveillance after curative-intent treatment of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. We recommend that clinicians carefully consider anticipated benefits of the identified tests and treatments before performing them.


Hematology ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 (1) ◽  
pp. 599-603 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa K. Hicks ◽  
Harriet Bering ◽  
Kenneth R. Carson ◽  
Adam E. Haynes ◽  
Judith Kleinerman ◽  
...  

Abstract Choosing Wisely® is a medical stewardship initiative led by the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation in collaboration with professional medical societies in the United States. The American Society of Hematology (ASH) released its first Choosing Wisely® list in 2013. Using the same evidence-based methodology as in 2013, ASH has identified 5 additional tests and treatments that should be questioned by clinicians and patients under specific, indicated circumstances. The ASH 2014 Choosing Wisely® recommendations include: (1) do not anticoagulate for more than 3 months in patients experiencing a first venous thromboembolic event in the setting of major, transient risk factors for venous thromboembolism; (2) do not routinely transfuse for chronic anemia or uncomplicated pain crises in patients with sickle cell disease; (3) do not perform baseline or surveillance computed tomography scans in patients with asymptomatic, early-stage chronic lymphocytic leukemia; (4) do not test or treat for heparin-induced thrombocytopenia if the clinical pretest probability of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia is low; and (5) do not treat patients with immune thrombocytopenia unless they are bleeding or have very low platelet counts.


Blood ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 122 (24) ◽  
pp. 3879-3883 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa K. Hicks ◽  
Harriet Bering ◽  
Kenneth R. Carson ◽  
Judith Kleinerman ◽  
Vishal Kukreti ◽  
...  

Abstract Choosing Wisely® is a medical stewardship and quality improvement initiative led by the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation in collaboration with leading medical societies in the United States. The ASH is an active participant in the Choosing Wisely® project. Using an iterative process and an evidence-based method, ASH has identified 5 tests and treatments that in some circumstances are not well supported by evidence and which in certain cases involve a risk of adverse events and financial costs with low likelihood of benefit. The ASH Choosing Wisely® recommendations focus on avoiding liberal RBC transfusion, avoiding thrombophilia testing in adults in the setting of transient major thrombosis risk factors, avoiding inferior vena cava filter usage except in specified circumstances, avoiding the use of plasma or prothrombin complex concentrate in the nonemergent reversal of vitamin K antagonists, and limiting routine computed tomography surveillance after curative-intent treatment of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. We recommend that clinicians carefully consider anticipated benefits of the identified tests and treatments before performing them.


2016 ◽  
Vol 36 (06) ◽  
pp. 402-406 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Lakomek ◽  
Ch. Specker ◽  
H.-J. Lakomek

ZusammenfassungIn Anlehnung an die amerikanische “Choosing wisely”-Initiative des American Board of International Medicine (ABIM-Foundation) aus dem Jahr 2012 hat die Deutsche Gesellschaft für Innere Medizin (DGIM) mit zwölf weiteren internistischen Schwerpunkt- bzw. assoziierten Fachgesellschaften und der AWMF im Jahr 2015 fachgebietsbezogene Gesundheitsbereiche mit einer Fehlversorgung identifiziert. Auch die Deutsche Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie hat hier jeweils fünf fachbezogene Aspekte der Unter- und Überversorgung beschrieben. Dies war Anlass für die Autoren, beispielhaft zu jeweils einer Positiv- (Unterversorgung) und einer Negativ-Empfehlung (Überversorgung) Stellung zu nehmen, um die Wichtigkeit der “Klug entscheiden”-Initiative für die akutstationäre Rheumatologie aufzuzeigen. Am Beispiel der Positiv-Empfehlung (+) “Das kardiovaskuläre Risikoprofil von Patienten mit entzündlich rheumatischen Erkrankungen soll bestimmt und ggfs. reduziert werden” wird für die rheumatoide Arthritis die Bedeutung der Beachtung dieser Komorbidität aufgezeigt. Zur Unterstützung einer hohen Behandlungsqualität ist die Diagnose einer Komorbidität wie die des metabolischen Syndroms und des Typ-2-Diabetes nicht nur für die Bewertung des kardiovaskulären Risikos von Menschen mit rheumatischen Erkrankungen äußerst wichtig, sondern es kann z. B. durch Veränderung des Lebensstils und die Auswahl bestimmter Immunsuppressiva auf die sich durch die Komorbidität ergebende Prognose, z. B. bei der rheumatoiden Arthritis, positiv Einfluss genommen werden. Am Beispiel der Negativ-Empfehlung (−) “Eine längerfristige Glukokortikoidtherapie mit einer Dosis von mehr als 5 mg/die Prednisonäquivalent soll nicht durchgeführt werden” – wird die Richtigkeit der vorgeschlagenen Zielsetzung mit dem ergänzenden Hinweis aufgezeigt, bei Absenkung einer längerfristigen Glukokortikoidtherapie auf das mögliche Vorliegen einer sekundären Nebennierenrindeninsuffizienz zu achten. Die Initiative “Klug entscheiden” auch in der Rheumatologie passt gut in den Kontext der aktuellen gesundheitspolitischen Aktivitäten, über die sektorale Patientenversorgung in Deutschland eine hohe Behandlungsqualität abzusichern.


2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Leah Binder ◽  
Keyword(s):  

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine K. Cassel ◽  
Keyword(s):  

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