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The American Urological Association (AUA)’s second set of Choosing Wisely recommendations, released June 11, 2015,1,2 incorporates feedback from the organization’s membership, which is a new approach for the group. After the AUA released its first set of Choosing Wisely recommendations in 2013, a committee was struck in 2014 to create a second list. The committee reviewed the AUA’s practice guidelines and other publications, and sought input from its membership. This resulted in a list of 15 recommendations. The organization’s members voted on which recommendations were the most important, and the committee then arrived at the final 5, which were approved by the AUA’s Board of Directors in February 2015. “One of the exciting things about this [second list of recommendations] is that we asked our membership to weigh in at 2 key stages of the process,” J. Stuart Wolf, MD, Chair of the AUA’s Science and Quality Council, and Professor of Urology, University of Michigan, Brighton, told Urology Practice Management. “This second list was very member-driven.” The “Five More Things Physicians and Patients Should Question,” as the new recommendations are listed on the AUA’s Choosing Wisely document, include:
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