Starting in early 2015, the ASH Choosing Wisely Task Force launched a review of all existing Choosing Wisely items to identify recommendations published by other professional societies that are highly relevant and important to the practice of hematology. Using a carefully administered methodology, items were scored for relevance over a series of iterations, resulting in a list of items that were deemed to be especially useful to hematologists.

This session will present the top five Choosing Wisely recommendations from other societies of relevance and importance to the practice of hematology. The list includes recommendations relevant to malignant hematology, non-malignant hematology, thrombosis, transfusion, and lab medicine. The following leading experts have been invited to speak on the items and will participate in a question and answer session: Dr. Michael Bettmann, Dr. Shannon Bates, Dr. Chris Moriates, Dr. Jeannie Callum, and Dr. Gary Lyman.