Issue 4/2020
Content (72 Articles)
The Healthcare Safety-Net: Time for Greater Transparency and Accountability?
Michael Hochman
Physician and Nurse Practitioner Teamwork Sustains the Primary Care Workforce
Jesse Jay Crosson
Differences in Rates of High-Value and Low-Value Care Between Community Health Centers and Private Practices
Carlos Irwin A. Oronce, Robert J. Fortuna
Time and Organizational Cost for Facilitating Implementation of Primary Care Mental Health Integration
Mona J. Ritchie, JoAnn E. Kirchner, James C. Townsend, Jeffery A. Pitcock, Katherine M. Dollar, Chuan-Fen Liu
Medication Non-adherence in a Prospective, Multi-center Cohort Treated with Hepatitis C Direct-Acting Antivirals
Marina Serper, Donna M. Evon, Paul W. Stewart, Anna S. Lok, Jipcy Amador, Bryce B. Reeve, Carol E. Golin, Michael W. Fried, K. Rajender Reddy, Richard K. Sterling, Souvik Sarkar, Adrian M. Di Bisceglie, Joseph K. Lim, David R. Nelson, Nancy Reau
Physician-Nurse Practitioner Teamwork in Primary Care Practices in New York: A Cross-Sectional Survey
Lusine Poghosyan, Affan Ghaffari, Jianfang Liu, Mark W. Friedberg
Too Many Don’ts and Not Enough Do’s? A Survey of Hospitals About Their Portal Instructions for Patients
Joy L. Lee, Claire E. Williams, Sean Baird, Marianne S. Matthias, Michael Weiner
Ethical Concerns in the Care of Patients with Advanced Kidney Disease: a National Retrospective Study, 2000–2011
Catherine R. Butler, Elizabeth K. Vig, Ann M. O’Hare, Chuan-Fen Liu, Paul L. Hebert, Susan P.Y. Wong
Factors Influencing Primary Care Providers’ Unneeded Lumbar Spine MRI Orders for Acute, Uncomplicated Low-Back Pain: a Qualitative Study
Andrea L. Nevedal, Eleanor T. Lewis, Justina Wu, Josephine Jacobs, Jeffrey G. Jarvik, Roger Chou, Paul G. Barnett
The Partnership to Improve Diabetes Education Trial: a Cluster Randomized Trial Addressing Health Communication in Diabetes Care
Richard O. White, Rosette James Chakkalakal, Kenneth A. Wallston, Kathleen Wolff, Becky Gregory, Dianne Davis, David Schlundt, Karen M. Trochez, Shari Barto, Laura A. Harris, Aihua Bian, Jonathan S. Schildcrout, Sunil Kripalani, Russell L. Rothman
A Novel Approach to Characterizing Readmission Patterns Following Hospitalization for Ambulatory Care-Sensitive Conditions
Denny Fe G. Agana, Catherine W. Striley, Robert L. Cook, Yenisel Cruz-Almeida, Peter J. Carek, Jason L. Salemi
Acceptability of an Interactive Computer-Animated Agent to Promote Patient-Provider Communication About Breast Density: a Mixed Method Pilot Study
Christine Gunn, Ariel Maschke, Timothy Bickmore, Mark Kennedy, Margaret F. Hopkins, Michael D.C. Fishman, Michael K. Paasche-Orlow, Erica T. Warner
Development and Establishment of Initial Validity Evidence for a Novel Tool for Assessing Trainee Admission Notes
Danielle E. Weber, Justin D. Held, Roman A. Jandarov, Matthew Kelleher, Ben Kinnear, Dana Sall, Jennifer K. O’Toole
Impact of Physician Race on Patient Decision-Making and Ratings of Physicians: a Randomized Experiment Using Video Vignettes
Somnath Saha, Mary Catherine Beach
Use of Potentially Nephrotoxic Medications by U.S. Adults with Chronic Kidney Disease: NHANES, 2011–2016
Shaheen Kurani, Molly Moore Jeffery, Bjorg Thorsteinsdottir, LaTonya J. Hickson, Erin F. Barreto, Jordan Haag, Rachel Giblon, Nilay D. Shah, Rozalina G. McCoy
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Four Common Diagnostic Methods for Clostridioides difficile Infection
Si Xuan, Kenneth M. Zangwill, Weiyi Ni, Junjie Ma, Joel W. Hay
Routine Assessment of Symptoms of Substance Use Disorders in Primary Care: Prevalence and Severity of Reported Symptoms
Mikko Sayre, Gwen T. Lapham, Amy K. Lee, Malia Oliver, Jennifer F. Bobb, Ryan M. Caldeiro, Katharine A. Bradley
Cost-effectiveness of Practice Team-Supported Exposure Training for Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia in Primary Care: a Cluster-Randomized Trial
Christian Brettschneider, Jochen Gensichen, Thomas S Hiller, Jörg Breitbart, Ulrike Schumacher, Karoline Lukaschek, Tobias Teismann, Jürgen Margraf, Hans-Helmut König
Impact of Patient-Level Characteristics on In-hospital Mortality After Interhospital Transfer to Medicine Services: an Observational Study
Marc Heincelman, Mulugeta Gebregziabher, Elizabeth Kirkland, Samuel O Schumann, Andrew Schreiner, Phillip Warr, Jingwen Zhang, Patrick D. Mauldin, William P. Moran, Don C. Rockey
Comparing Patients’ Experiences with Electronic and Traditional Consultation: Results from a Multisite Survey
Sara L. Ackerman, Nathaniel Gleason, Scott A. Shipman
Real-world Clinical Implementation of Lung Cancer Screening—Evaluating Processes to Improve Screening Guidelines-Concordance
Nikki M. Carroll, Andrea N. Burnett-Hartman, Caroline A. Joyce, William Kinnard, Eric J. Harker, Virginia Hall, Julie S. Steiner, Erica Blum-Barnett, Debra P. Ritzwoller
Adherence to the SEP-1 Sepsis Bundle in Hospital-Onset v. Community-Onset Sepsis: a Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study
Jonathan D. Baghdadi, Mitchell D. Wong, Daniel Z. Uslan, Douglas Bell, William E. Cunningham, Jack Needleman, Russell Kerbel, Robert Brook
The Mindful Manager: Validation of a Rounding Leadership Instrument for Residents
Daniel N. Ricotta, Brittany L. Ranchoff, Christine P. Beltran, Andrew J. Hale, Jason A. Freed, Grace C. Huang
Painting a Rational Picture During Highly Emotional End-of-Life Discussions: a Qualitative Study of Internal Medicine Trainees and Faculty
Doaa El-Rouby, Nancy McNaughton, Dominique Piquette
Screening for Melanoma in Men: a Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
Adewole S. Adamson, Jamie A. Jarmul, Michael P. Pignone
Attitudes of High Versus Low Antibiotic Prescribers in the Management of Upper Respiratory Tract Infections: a Mixed Methods Study
Aditi Patel, Elizabeth R. Pfoh, Anita D. Misra Hebert, Alexander Chaitoff, Aryeh Shapiro, Niyati Gupta, Michael B. Rothberg
Neighborhood Environment Characteristics and Control of Hypertension and Diabetes in a Primary Care Patient Sample
M. Maya McDoom, Lisa A. Cooper, Yea-Jen Hsu, Abhay Singh, Jamie Perin, Rachel L. J. Thornton
Integrating Community Health Workers into Safety-Net Primary Care for Diabetes Prevention: Qualitative Analysis of Clinicians’ Perspectives
Radhika Gore, Ariel Brown, Garseng Wong, Scott Sherman, Mark Schwartz, Nadia Islam
Racial and Regional Disparities in Outcomes Among Veterans Initially Adherent to Oral Antidiabetic Therapies: an Observational Cohort Study
Justin Gatwood, Marie Chisholm-Burns, Robert Davis, Fridtjof Thomas, Praveen Potukuchi, Adriana Hung, Csaba P. Kovesdy
Advancing Evidence Synthesis from Effectiveness to Implementation: Integration of Implementation Measures into Evidence Reviews
Aaron A. Tierney, Marie C. Haverfield, Mark P. McGovern, Donna M. Zulman
Individual vs. Group Delivery of Acupuncture Therapy for Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain in Urban Primary Care—a Randomized Trial
M. Diane McKee, Arya Nielsen, Belinda Anderson, Elizabeth Chuang, Mariel Connolly, Qi Gao, Eric N Gil, Claudia Lechuga, Mimi Kim, Huma Naqvi, Benjamin Kligler
Opioid Reduction and Risk Mitigation in VA Primary Care: Outcomes from the Integrated Pain Team Initiative
Karen H. Seal, Tessa Rife, Yongmei Li, Carolyn Gibson, Jennifer Tighe
Unmet Mental Health Need Among Chinese and Latino Primary Care Patients: Intersection of Ethnicity, Gender, and English Proficiency
Maria E. Garcia, Ladson Hinton, Steven E. Gregorich, Jennifer Livaudais-Toman, Celia Kaplan, Leah Karliner
Prevalence, Predictors, and Treatment of Impostor Syndrome: a Systematic Review
Dena M. Bravata, Sharon A. Watts, Autumn L. Keefer, Divya K. Madhusudhan, Katie T. Taylor, Dani M. Clark, Ross S. Nelson, Kevin O. Cokley, Heather K. Hagg
Impact of Healthcare Delivery System Type on Clinical, Utilization, and Cost Outcomes of Patient-Centered Medical Homes: a Systematic Review
Clark A. Veet, Thomas R. Radomski, Christopher D’Avella, Inmaculada Hernandez, Charles Wessel, Elizabeth C. S. Swart, William H. Shrank, Natasha Parekh
On-Demand Oral Pre-exposure Prophylaxis with Tenofovir/Emtricitabine: What Every Clinician Needs to Know
Parya Saberi, Hyman M. Scott
Letting a Good Crisis Go to Waste
Andrew D. Auerbach, Raman Khanna, Julia Adler-Milstein
The Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion Positively Impacted Community Health Centers and Their Patients
Alyssa Shell Tilhou, Nathalie Huguet, Jennifer DeVoe, Heather Angier
Health Technology Assessment Centers—an Infrastructure for Health Systems to Translate Evidence into Practice
Ravi N Sharaf, Dhruv Khullar, Craig A Umscheid
Cancer: Personal, Professional, and Practice Impact
Asha Ramsakal, Varisa Lall Dass, Vadin Lall Dass
Federal Barriers to Addressing the Opioid Epidemic
Robert A. Kleinman, Nathaniel P. Morris
SAPHO Syndrome from Hidradenitis Suppurativa
Veesta Falahati, Paul B. Aronowitz
A Young Man with Red Eyes, Polymorphous Rash, and Mucositis—an On-the-Spot Diagnosis
Aldo Barajas-Ochoa, Nora Montealegre, Arturo Perez-Peralta
Scottish Medical Student Experience of Learning About Social Determinants of Health
Abbie Dunn, Scott C. Mackenzie
A Community of Practice for Teaching the Social Determinants of Health in Undergraduate Medical Education
Ashti Doobay-Persaud, Mark D. Adler, Tami R. Bartell, Natalie E. Sheneman, Mayra D. Martinez, Karen A. Mangold, Karen M. Sheehan
Facilitating Visit Attendance with Staff Reminder Calls in a Safety-Net Clinic
Miamoua Vang, Mark Linzer, Rebecca Freese, Katherine Vickery, Nathan D. Shippee, Ellen Coffey
Challenges of Measuring Costs of Care for US Practices
Lena M. Chen, Lok Wong Samson, Rachael B. Zuckerman, Karen E. Joynt Maddox, E. John Orav, Arnold M. Epstein
Validity of International Classification of Diseases Codes for Sickle Cell Trait and Sickle Cell Disease
Kabir O. Olaniran, Harish Seethapathy, Sophia H. Zhao, Andrew S. Allegretti, Sahir Kalim, Sagar U. Nigwekar
Racial and Ethnic Diversity and Depression in Residency Programs: a Prospective Cohort Study
Jad A. Elharake, Elena Frank, David A. Kalmbach, Douglas A. Mata, Srijan Sen
Challenges and Opportunities for Patients Released from Correctional Facilities: a Qualitative Analysis
Leo Gordon Eisenstein, Josephine Fisher, Lisa Simon, Matthew Tobey
Trends in Preventative Health Services for Veterans with Military Coverage Compared to Non-Military Coverage
Sri Lekha Tummalapalli, Salomeh Keyhani
Medicare Beneficiaries, Especially Unsubsidized Minorities, Struggle to Pay for Prescription Drugs: Results from the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey
Meng Li, Mark Bounthavong
A Multi-year Analysis of Decision Fatigue in Opioid Prescribing
Jordan Hughes, Jerzy Lysikowski, Rabina Acharya, Eleanor Phelps, Enas Kandil
The Cost of Hepatitis C Testing Strategies in Primary Care Patients with Abnormal Transaminases
Andrew D. Schreiner, Don C. Rockey, William P. Moran
Association Between Newsweek’s Global Hospital Ranking and Patient Outcomes in the USA
Atsushi Miyawaki, Yusuke Tsugawa
Disclosure of Article Funding and Conflicts of Interest in High-Impact Clinical Journals
Timothy S. Anderson, Colette DeJong, Chester B. Good, Walid F. Gellad
Medicare’s per-Beneficiary Potentially Avoidable Admission Measures Mask True Performance
William B. Weeks, James N. Weinstein
Why Do Physicians Pursue Cascades of Care After Incidental Findings? A National Survey
Ishani Ganguli, Arabella L. Simpkin, Carrie H. Colla, Arlene Weissman, Alexander J. Mainor, Meredith B. Rosenthal, Thomas D. Sequist
Capsule Commentary on White et al., The Partnership to Improve Diabetes Education Trial: a Cluster Randomized Trial Addressing Health Communication in Diabetes Care
Amy Cunningham, Allison Casola, Erica Li
Capsule Commentary on Saha et al., Impact of Physician Race on Patient Decision-making and Ratings of Physicians
Avik Chatterjee