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Journal of General Internal Medicine

Issue 1/2021

Content (52 Articles)

Original Research

“It’s a Little Different for Men”—Sponsorship and Gender in Academic Medicine: a Qualitative Study

Rachel B. Levine, Manasa S. Ayyala, Kimberly A. Skarupski, Joann N. Bodurtha, Marlis González Fernández, Lisa E. Ishii, Barbara Fivush

Original Research

Population Segmentation Based on Healthcare Needs: Validation of a Brief Clinician-Administered Tool

Jia Loon Chong, David Bruce Matchar, Yuyang Tan, Shalini Sri Kumaran, Mihir Gandhi, Marcus Eng Hock Ong, Kok Seng Wong

COVID-19 Original Research

Risk Factors for Mortality in Patients with COVID-19 in New York City

Takahisa Mikami, Hirotaka Miyashita, Takayuki Yamada, Matthew Harrington, Daniel Steinberg, Andrew Dunn, Evan Siau

Ovarian Cancer Original Research

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Genetic Testing at a Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Center

Eloise Chapman-Davis, Zhen Ni Zhou, Jessica C. Fields, Melissa K. Frey, Bailey Jordan, Katherine J. Sapra, Sudeshna Chatterjee-Paer, Ann D. Carlson, Kevin M. Holcomb

Opioids Original Research

Association Between In-Clinic Opioid Administration and Discharge Opioid Prescription in Urgent Care: a Retrospective Cohort Study

Susan L. Calcaterra, Yingbo Lou, Rachel M. Everhart, Lindsey E. Fish, Rebecca Hanratty

Original Research

Increased Patient Safety-Related Incidents Following the Transition into Daylight Savings Time

Bhanu Prakash Kolla, Brandon J. Coombes, Timothy I. Morgenthaler, Meghna P. Mansukhani

Original Research

Decisional Conflict During Major Medical Treatment Decision-making: a Survey Study

Kristen E. Pecanac, Roger L. Brown, Hanna B. Kremsreiter

Care Original Research

Primary Care Prognostic (PCP) Index of 11-Year Mortality Risk: Development and Validation of a Brief Prognostic Tool

Grace Shu Hui Chiang, Ma Shwe Zin Nyunt, Qi Gao, Shiou Liang Wee, Keng Bee Yap, Boon Yeow Tan, Tze Pin Ng

Care Original Research

A New Standard for Advance Care Planning (ACP) Conversations in the Hospital: Results from a Delphi Panel

Deepika Mohan, Olivia A. Sacks, James O’Malley, Mark Rudolph, Julie Bynum, Megan Murphy, Amber E. Barnato

Septicemia Original Research

Evaluating the Costs and Outcomes of Hospital Nursing Resources: a Matched Cohort Study of Patients with Common Medical Conditions

Karen B. Lasater, Matthew D. McHugh, Paul R. Rosenbaum, Linda H. Aiken, Herbert L. Smith, Joseph G. Reiter, Bijan A. Niknam, Alexander S. Hill, Lauren L. Hochman, Siddharth Jain, Jeffrey H. Silber

Prostate Cancer Original Research

Implementation and Impact of a Risk-Stratified Prostate Cancer Screening Algorithm as a Clinical Decision Support Tool in a Primary Care Network

Anand Shah, Thomas J. Polascik, Daniel J. George, John Anderson, Terry Hyslop, Alicia M. Ellis, Andrew J. Armstrong, Michael Ferrandino, Glenn M. Preminger, Rajan T. Gupta, W. Robert Lee, Nadine J. Barrett, John Ragsdale, Coleman Mills, Devon K. Check, Alireza Aminsharifi, Ariel Schulman, Christina Sze, Efrat Tsivian, Kae Jack Tay, Steven Patierno, Kevin C. Oeffinger, Kevin Shah

Care Original Research

Reducing Imaging Utilization in Primary Care Through Implementation of a Peer Comparison Dashboard

David J. Halpern, Adrian Clark-Randall, Jonathan Woodall, John Anderson, Kevin Shah

Care Original Research

Enhancing Usability of Appointment Reminders: Qualitative Interviews of Patients Receiving Care in the Veterans Health Administration

Alan R. Teo, Emily E. Metcalf, Wynn Strange, Aaron A. Call, Anaïs Tuepker, Steve K. Dobscha, Peter J. Kaboli

Opioids Original Research

“Health Is on the Back Burner:” Multilevel Barriers and Facilitators to Primary Care Among People Who Inject Drugs

Delia Motavalli, Jessica L. Taylor, Ellen Childs, Pablo K. Valente, Peter Salhaney, Jennifer Olson, Dea L. Biancarelli, Alberto Edeza, Joel J. Earlywine, Brandon D. L. Marshall, Mari-Lynn Drainoni, Matthew J. Mimiaga, Katie B. Biello, Angela R. Bazzi

Breast Cancer Original Research

Comorbidity Management in Black Women Diagnosed with Breast Cancer: the Role of Primary Care in Shared Care

Michelle Doose, Michael B. Steinberg, Cathleen Y. Xing, Yong Lin, Joel C. Cantor, Chi-Chen Hong, Kitaw Demissie, Elisa V. Bandera, Jennifer Tsui

Care Original Research

Translating Evidence into Practice: ACOs’ Use of Care Plans for Patients with Complex Health Needs

Taressa K. Fraze, Laura B. Beidler, Adam D. M. Briggs, Carrie H. Colla

Metformin Original Research

A Randomized Encouragement Trial to Increase Mail Order Pharmacy Use and Medication Adherence in Patients with Diabetes

Bharathi Ramachandran, Connie M. Trinacty, J. Frank Wharam, O Kenrik Duru, Wendy T. Dyer, Romain S. Neugebauer, Andrew J. Karter, Susan D. Brown, Cassondra J. Marshall, Deanne Wiley, Dennis Ross-Degnan, Julie A. Schmittdiel

Mood Disorders Original Research

Changes in Mental Health Following the 2016 Presidential Election

Brandon W. Yan, Renee Y. Hsia, Victoria Yeung, Frank A. Sloan

Endoscopy Original Research

Using Health Systems Engineering Approaches to Prepare for Tailoring of Implementation Interventions

Geoffrey D. Barnes, Jennifer Acosta, Jacob E. Kurlander, Anne E. Sales

Care Review Paper

Improvement Science and Implementation Science in Cancer Care: Identifying Areas of Synergy and Opportunities for Further Integration

Devon K. Check, Leah L. Zullig, Melinda M. Davis, Louise Davies, David Chambers, Linda Fleisher, Samantha J. Kaplan, Enola Proctor, Shoba Ramanadhan, Florian R. Schroeck, Angela M. Stover, Bogda Koczwara

Research and Reporting Methods

Making Narrative Statements to Describe Treatment Effects

M. Hassan Murad, Celia Fiordalisi, Jennifer Pillay, Timothy J. Wilt, Elizabeth O’Connor, Leila Kahwati, Adrian V. Hernandez, Carolyn M. Rutter, Roger Chou, Ethan M. Balk, Dale W. Steele, Ian J. Saldanha, Orestis A. Panagiotou, Stephanie Chang, Martha Gerrity

Perspective

Rallying Against Racism: Hospitals Join the Fight for Racial Justice

Yvonne Okaka, Duaa AbdelHameid, Rose McKeon Olson, Miriam Kwarteng-Siaw, Nicholas Spanos, Valerie E. Stone

Perspective

SGIM’s Endorsement of ACP’s Better Is Possible: Aligning Policy with Values

Christopher J. Wong, Steffie Woolhandler, David U. Himmelstein, Danny McCormick

COVID-19 Viewpoint

The COVID-19 Pandemic and Ethical Challenges Posed by Neoliberal Healthcare

Christopher Ahlbach, Teresa King, Elizabeth Dzeng

Breast Cancer Viewpoint

Outside Our Walls: the Case for City-Wide Collaboration to Reduce Disparities

Jennifer S. Haas, Stephenie C. Lemon, Karen M. Freund, Tracy A. Battaglia, Ted A. James, Susan McCauley, Ellen Ohrenberger, JoEllen Ross, Leo Magrini, Susan T. Gershman, Mark Kennedy, Anne Levine, Erica T. Warner, Cheryl R. Clark, William G. Adams, Sharon Bak, Nicole Casanova, Katie Finn, Christine Gunn, Naomi Y. Ko, Ariel Maschke, Katelyn Mullikin, Laura Ochoa, Christopher W. Shanahan, Samantha Steil, Victoria Xiao, Howard J. Cabral, Clara Chen, Carolyn Finney, Christine Lloyd-Travaglini, Stephanie Loo, Magnolia Contreras, Rachel A. Freedman, Yoscairy Raymond, Deborah Toffler, Karen Burns White, Anne Marie Murphy, Carmen Benjamin, Beverly Moy, Caylin Marotta, Aileen Navarrete, Sanja Percac-Lima, Emma Whited, Amy J Wint, William F. Harvey, Danielle Krzyszczyk, Amy M. LeClair, Susan K. Parsons, Feng Qing Wang, Serena Rajabiun

Visceral Ischemia Clinical Vignette

The Resolution of Abdominal Pain: an Ominous Sign of Mesenteric Ischemia

Adrienne Strait, Warren Gasper, Gurpreet Dhaliwal

Laryngoscopy Clinical Image

Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis induced Oropharyngeal Dysphagia

Rajesh Essrani, Asif Mehmood, Shri Jai Kirshan Ravi

Anxiety Healing Arts

COVID and the Caregiver

David Walsh

Stroke Letter to the Editor

Cost-Effectiveness of Bridging Anticoagulation

Matthew A. Pappas

Dementia Concise Research Report

Increasing Cognitive Assessment Rates in an Internal Medicine Clinic: A Quality Improvement Project

Cara Levin, Emily Morgan, Steven Kassakian, Faiza Khan, Elizabeth Eckstrom, Christopher Terndrup

Concise Research Report

Clinical Profile of Scurvy in Hamilton Since 2009: a Cohort Study

Kayla Dadgar, John Neary

Substance Abuse Concise Research Report

Out-of-Network Spending on Behavioral Health, 2008–2016

Zirui Song, Timothy Lillehaugen, Susan H. Busch, Nicole M. Benson, Jacob Wallace

Ketamine Concise Research Report

Extensive Underreported Exposure to Ketamine Among Electronic Dance Music Party Attendees

Joseph J. Palamar, Alberto Salomone, Caroline Rutherford, Katherine M. Keyes

Antibiotic Concise Research Report

Variation in Topical Antibiotics Recommendations in Wound Care Instructions by Non-dermatologists

Ramie Fathy, Brian Chu, Partik Singh, William D. James, John S. Barbieri

Mood Disorders Concise Research Report

Substantial Overlap Between Factors Predicting Symptoms of Depression and Burnout Among Medical Interns

Lisa S. Rotenstein, Zhuo Zhao, Douglas A. Mata, Constance Guille, Srijan Sen

Opioids Concise Research Report

“I Don’t Mind Doing What It Takes to be Safe.” Patient Perspectives of Urine Drug Testing for Pain

Jessica Wyse, Akeesha Simmons, Banu Ramachandran, Steven K. Dobscha, Benjamin J. Morasco

COVID-19 Concise Research Report

Price Transparency for COVID-19 Testing Among Top US Hospitals

Roy Xiao, Vinay K. Rathi

Open Access COVID-19 Concise Research Report

National Well-Being Measures Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Online Samples

Tyler J. VanderWeele, Jeffery Fulks, John F. Plake, Matthew T. Lee

Post-COVID Syndrome Concise Research Report

Measuring eHealth Literacy in Urban Hospitalized Patients: Implications for the Post-COVID World

Hanna Vollbrecht, Vineet M. Arora, Sebastian Otero, Kyle A. Carey, David O. Meltzer, Valerie G. Press

Concise Research Report

Barriers to Voting in 2020 Among Resident Physicians

Hussain S. Lalani, Arthur S. Hong, Rija Siddiqui

COVID-19 Concise Research Report

Telemedicine Expansion During the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Potential for Technology-Driven Disparities

Siqin Ye, Ian Kronish, Elaine Fleck, Peter Fleischut, Shunichi Homma, David Masini, Nathalie Moise

Obesity Concise Research Report

The Proportion of Adult Americans at Risk of Severe COVID-19 Illness

Hang Long Li, Bernard M. Y. Cheung

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.