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Journal of General Internal Medicine

Issue 8/2019

Content (53 Articles)

Letter to the Editor

Putting FAIR Evidence into Practice

Tiffany I. Leung, Michel Dumontier

Care Letter to the Editor

Response to Factors Affecting Resident Satisfaction in Continuity Clinic

Amalia J. Lyons, Susan Davids, Kathlyn E. Fletcher

Suicide Letter to the Editor

Sulmasy et al.: Physician-Assisted Suicide: Against Medical Neutrality

Kristel Clayville, Pringl Miller

Suicide Letter to the Editor

Physician-Assisted Suicide: Against Medical Neutrality

Daniel P. Sulmasy, Ilora Finlay, Faith Fitzgerald, Kathleen Foley, Richard Payne, Mark Siegler

Concise Research Reports

Improving Cardiovascular Health Among African-Americans Through Mobile Health: the FAITH! App Pilot Study

LaPrincess C. Brewer, Sharonne N. Hayes, Sarah M. Jenkins, Kandace A. Lackore, Carmen Radecki Breitkopf, Lisa A. Cooper, Christi A. Patten

Care Concise Research Reports

Using Predictive Analytics to Guide Patient Care and Research in a National Health System

Karin M. Nelson, Evelyn T. Chang, Donna M. Zulman, Lisa V. Rubenstein, Freddy D. Kirkland, Stephan D. Fihn

Bisphosphonate Concise Research Reports

Secular Trends in Long-Term Oral Bisphosphonate Use

Nathan Juergens, Bruce Ettinger, Rita Hui, Malini Chandra, Joan C. Lo

Concise Research Reports

How Often Do Systematic Reviews Exclude Articles Not Published in English?

Jeffrey L. Jackson, Akira Kuriyama

Acute Kidney Injury Concise Research Reports

Frailty and Acute Kidney Injury: a 1-Year Follow-up of a Prospective Cohort

Sarah Morton, Alexander Isted, Pascale Avery, Joe Wang

Functional and Cognitive Status in Clostridium difficile Infection in the Hospitalized Elderly: a Retrospective Study of Two Sites

Maria-Jose Fernandez-Cotarelo, Stephanie E. Nagy-Agren, Mark E. Smolkin, Leticia Jimenez-Diez-Canseco, Maria-Teresa Perez-Pomata, Brian V. Shenal, Cirle A. Warren

Tranquilizer Concise Research Reports

Substance Use by Adults with Medical Multimorbidity in the United States, 2015–2016

Benjamin H. Han, Roxanne Ko, Joseph J. Palamar

Obesity Concise Research Reports

Satisfaction with Health Care Among Individuals with Overweight and Obesity: A Nationally Representative Cross-sectional Study

Young-Rock Hong, Gregory Pavela, Alexandra M. Lee, Victoria G. Williamson, Michelle I. Cardel

Prediabetes Concise Research Reports

Number and Characteristics of US Adults Meeting Prediabetes Criteria for Diabetes Prevention Programs: NHANES 2007–2016

Alexandra K. Lee, Bethany Warren, Caroline Liu, Kathryn Foti, Elizabeth Selvin

Opioids Concise Research Reports

The Association of EHR Drug Safety Alerts and Co-prescribing of Opioids and Benzodiazepines

Laura Barrie Smith, Ezra Golberstein, Kelly Anderson, Tori Christiaansen, Nicole Paterson, Sonja Short, Hannah T. Neprash

Schizophrenia Concise Research Reports

Characterizing Subgroups of High-Need, High-Cost Patients Based on Their Clinical Conditions: a Machine Learning-Based Analysis of Medicaid Claims Data

Sudhakar V. Nuti, Patrick Doupe, Blanca Villanueva, Joseph Scarpa, Emilie Bruzelius, Aaron Baum

Screening Refusal Associated with Choice of Colorectal Cancer Screening Methods. A Cross-sectional Study Among Swiss Primary Care Physicians

Yonas Martin, Alexander Leonhard Braun, Nikola Biller-Andorno, Jean-Luc Bulliard, Jacques Cornuz, Kevin Selby, Reto Auer

Opioids Original Research

Impact of Medical Marijuana Legalization on Opioid Use, Chronic Opioid Use, and High-risk Opioid Use

Anuj Shah, Corey J. Hayes, Mrinmayee Lakkad, Bradley C. Martin

Original Research

Patient Satisfaction with Clinicians and Short-Term Mortality in a US National Sample: the Roles of Morbidity and Gender

Anthony Jerant, Kevin Fiscella, Joshua J. Fenton, Elizabeth M. Magnan, Alicia Agnoli, Peter Franks

Care Original Research

Prioritizing Primary Care Patients for a Communication Intervention Using the “Surprise Question”: a Prospective Cohort Study

Joshua R. Lakin, Margaret G. Robinson, Ziad Obermeyer, Brian W. Powers, Susan D. Block, Rebecca Cunningham, Joseph M. Tumblin, Christine Vogeli, Rachelle E. Bernacki

The French Society of Internal Medicine’s Top-5 List of Recommendations: a National Web-Based Survey

Nathan Peiffer-Smadja, Adeline Bauvois, Marie Chilles, Baptiste Gramont, Redwan Maatoug, Marie Bismut, Camille Thorey, Eric Oziol, Thomas Hanslik

Care Original Research

Prevalence and Correlates of Medical Financial Hardship in the USA

K. Robin Yabroff, Jingxuan Zhao, Xuesong Han, Zhiyuan Zheng

Obesity Original Research

Primary Care Patients’ and Providers’ Perspectives about an Online Weight Management Program: a Qualitative Study

Ronen Rozenblum, Barbara A. De La Cruz, Nyryan V. Nolido, Ihorma Adighibe, Kristina Secinaro, Katherine D. McManus, Florencia Halperin, Jason P. Block, David W. Bates, Heather J. Baer

Emergency Physician Opioid Prescribing and Risk of Long-term Use in the Veterans Health Administration: an Observational Analysis

Michael L. Barnett, Xinhua Zhao, Michael J. Fine, Carolyn T. Thorpe, Florentina E. Sileanu, John P. Cashy, Maria K. Mor, Thomas R. Radomski, Leslie R. M. Hausmann, Chester B. Good, Walid F. Gellad

Insomnia Original Research

Prescription Medications for the Treatment of Insomnia and Risk of Suicide Attempt: a Comparative Safety Study

Jill E. Lavigne, Kwan Hur, Cathleen Kane, Anthony Au, Todd M. Bishop, Wilfred R. Pigeon

Care Original Research

High-Need Patients’ Goals and Goal Progress in a Veterans Affairs Intensive Outpatient Care Program

Kristie Y. Hsu, Cindie Slightam, Jonathan G. Shaw, Aaron Tierney, Debra L. Hummel, Mary K. Goldstein, Evelyn T. Chang, Derek Boothroyd, Donna M. Zulman

Care Original Research

Proactive Population Health Strategy to Offer Tobacco Dependence Treatment to Smokers in a Primary Care Practice Network

Sara Kalkhoran, Elizabeth M. Inman, Jennifer H. K. Kelley, Jeffrey M. Ashburner, Nancy A. Rigotti

Physicians’ Perspectives About Burnout: a Systematic Review and Metasynthesis

Jordan Sibeoni, Laura Bellon-Champel, Antoine Mousty, Emilie Manolios, Laurence Verneuil, Anne Revah-Levy

Care Review Paper

A Systematic Review of the Impact of Patient–Physician Non-English Language Concordance on Quality of Care and Outcomes

Lisa Diamond, Karen Izquierdo, Dana Canfield, Konstantina Matsoukas, Francesca Gany

Statins Review Article

Postponement of Death by Statin Use: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials

Morten Rix Hansen, Asbjørn Hróbjartsson, Anton Pottegård, Per Damkier, Kasper Søltoft Larsen, Kenneth Grønkjær Madsen, René dePont Christensen, Malene Elisa Lopez Kristensen, Palle Mark Christensen, Jesper Hallas

Urinary Incontinence Review Article

Adverse Events Associated with Nonsurgical Treatments for Urinary Incontinence in Women: a Systematic Review

Ethan M. Balk, Gaelen P. Adam, Katherine Corsi, Amanda Mogul, Thomas A. Trikalinos, Peter C. Jeppson

Open Access Perspective

Assessing Clinical Reasoning: Targeting the Higher Levels of the Pyramid

Harish Thampy, Emma Willert, Subha Ramani

Public Health Perspective

Physicians Should Play a Role in Ensuring Safe Firearm Ownership

Stephen R. Holt, Julie Rosenbaum, Matthew Ellman, Benjamin Doolittle, Daniel G. Tobin

Perspective

Just a Game: the Dangers of Quantifying Medical Student Professionalism

Roshini Pinto-Powell, Timothy Lahey

Septicemia Clinical Practice: Clinical Vignettes

Pneumococcal Bacteremia Complicated by Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis

Frederick Howard, Christopher Sankey

Encephalitis Clinical Practice: Clinical Vignettes

GABABR-Mediated Paraneoplastic Limbic Encephalitis Due To Thymic Small Cell Carcinoma

Talya Bordin-Wosk, Sandip Pravin Patel, Sarah F. Horman

Re-thinking How We Teach Quality Improvement: Adding Meaning to an ACGME Requirement

Katlyn Baxter, Chelsey Petz, Jennifer L. Middleton, Miriam Chan

Healing Arts: Materia Medica

You’ve Got Mail: Being on the Receiving End of Medical Bills

Heather A. Thompson Buum

Healing Arts

Mistakes, I’ve Had a Few

J. Trig Brown

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.

Developed by: Springer Medicine

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.