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Journal of General Internal Medicine

Issue 2/2015

Content (30 Articles)

Editorial

Aspirin for Primary Prevention: What’s a Clinician to Do?

Mitchell A. Psotka, Kirsten E. Fleischmann

Editorial Comment

Value-Added Medical Education: Engaging Future Doctors to Transform Health Care Delivery Today

Steven Y. Lin, Erika Schillinger, David M. Irby

Editorial

Rethinking Physician Payment

Zirui Song, Laurence F. McMahon Jr.

Original Research

Do Clinicians Recommend Aspirin to Patients for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease?

Kevin Fiscella, Paul C. Winters, Michael Mendoza, Gary J. Noronha, Carlos M. Swanger, John D. Bisognano, Robert J. Fortuna

Original Research

Primary Care Medical Home Experience and Health-Related Quality of Life Among Adult Medicaid Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Gregory D. Stevens, Leiyu Shi, Christina Vane, Xiaoyu Nie, Anne L. Peters

Original Research

Hormone Therapy Use in Women Veterans Accessing Veterans Health Administration Care: A National Cross-Sectional Study

Megan R. Gerber, Matthew W. King, Suzanne L. Pineles, Shannon Wiltsey-Stirman, Bevanne Bean-Mayberry, Sandra J. Japuntich, Sally G. Haskell

Original Research

The Future as a Series of Transitions: Qualitative Study of Heart Failure Patients and Their Informal Caregivers

Jacqueline Jones, Carolyn T. Nowels, Rebecca Sudore, Sangeeta Ahluwalia, David B. Bekelman

Original Research

Overcoming Challenges to Teamwork in Patient-Centered Medical Homes: A Qualitative Study

Ann S. O’Malley, Rebecca Gourevitch, Kevin Draper, Amelia Bond, Manasi A. Tirodkar

Original Research

Hospice Use Among Nursing Home and Non-Nursing Home Patients

Kathleen T. Unroe, Greg A. Sachs, M. E. Dennis, Susan E. Hickman, Timothy E. Stump, Wanzhu Tu, Christopher M. Callahan

Original Research

Pocket-Sized Ultrasound as an Aid to Physical Diagnosis for Internal Medicine Residents: A Randomized Trial

Jason C. Ojeda, James A. Colbert, Xinyi Lin, Graham T. McMahon, Peter M. Doubilet, Carol B. Benson, Justina Wu, Joel T. Katz, Maria A. Yialamas

Original Research

Effectiveness of a Physical Activity and Weight Loss Intervention for Middle-Aged Women: Healthy Bodies, Healthy Hearts Randomized Trial

Molly B. Conroy, Kathleen L. Sward, Kathleen C. Spadaro, Dana Tudorascu, Irina Karpov, Bobby L. Jones, Andrea M. Kriska, Wishwa N. Kapoor

Original Research

Impact of Patient Requests on Provider-Perceived Visit Difficulty in Primary Care

Joshua J. Fenton, Peter Franks, Mitchell D. Feldman, Anthony Jerant, Stephen G. Henry, Debora A. Paterniti, Richard L. Kravitz

Original Research

Choosing Wisely: Prevalence and Correlates of Low-Value Health Care Services in the United States

Carrie H. Colla, Nancy E. Morden, Thomas D. Sequist, William L. Schpero, Meredith B. Rosenthal

Original Research

Sex, Race, and the Adverse Effects of Social Stigma vs. Other Quality of Life Factors Among Primary Care Patients with Moderate to Severe Obesity

Christina C. Wee, Roger B. Davis, Sarah Chiodi, Karen W. Huskey, Mary B. Hamel

Review

The Psychological Harms of Screening: the Evidence We Have Versus the Evidence We Need

Jessica T. DeFrank, Colleen Barclay, Stacey Sheridan, Noel T. Brewer, Meredith Gilliam, Andrew M. Moon, William Rearick, Carolyn Ziemer, Russell Harris

Perspective

The Role of Professional Societies in Limiting Indication Creep

Kevin R. Riggs, Peter A. Ubel

Perspective

Should Health Care Providers be Accountable for Patients’ Care Experiences?

Rebecca Anhang Price, Marc N. Elliott, Paul D. Cleary, Alan M. Zaslavsky, Ron D. Hays

Innovation and Improvement: Innovations in Medical Education

“Ms. B Changes Doctors”: Using a Comic and Patient Transition Packet to Engineer Patient-Oriented Clinic Handoffs (EPOCH)

Amber T. Pincavage, Wei Wei Lee, Laura Ruth Venable, Megan Prochaska, Daina D. Staisiunas, Kimberly J. Beiting, M. K. Czerweic, Julie Oyler, Lisa M. Vinci, Vineet M. Arora

Clinical Image

Gastrointestinal Amyloidosis and Multiple Myeloma

Fares Alahdab, Shreyas Saligram

Clinical Image

Cervicofacial Actinomycosis

Kiyoshi Shikino, Masatomi Ikusaka, Toshihiko Takada

Clinical Image

The Habit Tic: Onychotillomania

Shaheen Najafi, Paul Aronowitz, George R. Thompson III

Healing Arts

Friendship with Patients

Lydia S. Dugdale

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Obesity Clinical Trial Summary

At a glance: The STEP trials

A round-up of the STEP phase 3 clinical trials evaluating semaglutide for weight loss in people with overweight or obesity.

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Highlights from the ACC 2024 Congress

Year in Review: Pediatric cardiology

Watch Dr. Anne Marie Valente present the last year's highlights in pediatric and congenital heart disease in the official ACC.24 Year in Review session.

Year in Review: Pulmonary vascular disease

The last year's highlights in pulmonary vascular disease are presented by Dr. Jane Leopold in this official video from ACC.24.

Year in Review: Valvular heart disease

Watch Prof. William Zoghbi present the last year's highlights in valvular heart disease from the official ACC.24 Year in Review session.

Year in Review: Heart failure and cardiomyopathies

Watch this official video from ACC.24. Dr. Biykem Bozkurt discusses last year's major advances in heart failure and cardiomyopathies.