Fostering High-Value, Cost-Conscious Care
Authors: Amir Qaseem, Patrick Alguire, Steven Weinberger
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2012)

Letters19 June 2012Fostering High-Value, Cost-Conscious CareAmir Qaseem, MD, PhD, MHA, Patrick Alguire, MD, and Steven Weinberger, MDAmir Qaseem, MD, PhD, MHAFrom American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, PA 19106.Search for more papers by this author, Patrick Alguire, MDFrom American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, PA 19106.Search for more papers by this author, and Steven Weinberger, MDFrom American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, PA 19106.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-156-12-201206190-00021 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail IN RESPONSE:We thank Dr. Rybicki and colleagues and Dr. Berger for their comments and encouragement for this effort. We strongly agree that professional organizations have an opportunity to play a critical role in reducing health care costs while maintaining, if not improving, quality of care by educating physicians to avoid overuse and misuse of care. The ACR and the National Physicians Alliance have indeed been leaders in this effort through the development of the Appropriateness Criteria for imaging studies and the efforts of the Good Stewardship Working Group in identifying several “top-5 lists,” respectively (1, 2).We believe that ...References1. American College of Radiology. ACR Appropriateness Criteria. Accessed at www.acr.org/SecondaryMainMenuCategories/quality_safety/app_criteria/Overview.aspx on 5 March 2012. Google Scholar2. Good Stewardship Working Group. The “top 5” lists in primary care: meeting the responsibility of professionalism. Arch Intern Med. 2011;171:1385-90. [PMID: 21606090] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: Amir Qaseem, MD, PhD, MHA; Patrick Alguire, MD; Steven Weinberger, MDAffiliations: From American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, PA 19106.Disclosures: Disclosures can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=M11-2550. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoAppropriate Use of Screening and Diagnostic Tests to Foster High-Value, Cost-Conscious Care Amir Qaseem , Patrick Alguire , Paul Dallas , Lawrence E. Feinberg , Faith T. Fitzgerald , Carrie Horwitch , Linda Humphrey , Richard LeBlond , Darilyn Moyer , Jeffrey G. Wiese , and Steven Weinberger Fostering High-Value, Cost-Conscious Care Frank J. Rybicki , Michael A. Bettmann , Paul A. Larson , and Harvey L. Neiman Fostering High-Value, Cost-Conscious Care Zackary D. Berger , for the Good Stewardship Working GroupFostering High-Value, Cost-Conscious Care James R. Johnson Fostering High-Value, Cost-Conscious Care Ronald N. Levy Metrics 19 June 2012Volume 156, Issue 12 Page: 903-904 Keywords Conflicts of interest Decision making Disclosure Health care Health care quality Patients Urine ePublished: 19 June 2012 Issue Published: 19 June 2012 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2012 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...