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Journal of General Internal Medicine

Issue 5/2020

Content (52 Articles)

Editorial

Internal Medicine Clerkship Director: a Title Whose Role Is Changing

Shobhina G. Chheda, Kimberly Tartaglia

Prostate Cancer Original Research

Changes in Prostate Cancer Presentation Following the 2012 USPSTF Screening Statement: Observational Study in a Multispecialty Group Practice

Joseph Presti Jr., Stacey Alexeeff, Brandon Horton, Stephanie Prausnitz, Andrew L. Avins

Original Research

Clerkship Roles and Responsibilities in a Rapidly Changing Landscape: a National Survey of Internal Medicine Clerkship Directors

Susan A. Glod, Irene Alexandraki, Harish Jasti, Cindy J. Lai, Temple A. Ratcliffe, Katherine Walsh, Michael Kisielewski, Jeffrey LaRochelle

Burnout Syndrome Original Research

National Burnout Trends Among Physicians Working in the Department of Veterans Affairs

Seppo T. Rinne, David C. Mohr, Lakshman Swamy, Amanda C. Blok, Edwin S. Wong, Martin P. Charns

Original Research

Patients’ Attitudes and Perceptions Regarding Social Needs Screening and Navigation: Multi-site Survey in a Large Integrated Health System

Artair J. Rogers, Courtnee Hamity, Adam L. Sharp, Ana H. Jackson, Adam B. Schickedanz

Care Original Research

Factors Associated with Physician Moral Distress Caring for Hospitalized Elderly Patients Needing a Surrogate Decision-maker: a Prospective Study

Lucia D. Wocial, James E. Slaven, Kianna Montz, Patrick O. Monahan, Susan E. Hickman, Christopher M. Callahan, Paul R. Helft, Greg A. Sachs, Lev Inger, Emily S. Burke, Alexia M. Torke

Care Original Research

min-SIA: a Lightweight Algorithm to Predict the Risk of 6-Month Mortality at the Time of Hospital Admission

Nishant Sahni, Roshan Tourani, Donald Sullivan, Gyorgy Simon

Care Original Research

Translating CKD Research into Primary Care Practice: a Group-Randomized Study

Cara B. Litvin, Paul J. Nietert, Ruth G. Jenkins, Andrea M. Wessell, Lynne S. Nemeth, Steven M. Ornstein

Care Original Research

Interprofessional Collaboration Improves the Odds of Educating Patients About PrEP over Time

Rogério M. Pinto, Emma Sophia Kay, Melanie M. Wall, C. Jean Choi

Care Original Research

Short-Term VA Health Care Expenditures Following a Health Risk Assessment and Coaching Trial

Caroline Sloan, Karen M. Stechuchak, Maren K. Olsen, Eugene Z. Oddone, Laura J. Damschroder, Matthew L. Maciejewski

Original Research

Separate but Equal? The Sorting of USMDs and Non-USMDs in Internal Medicine Residency Programs

Tania M. Jenkins, Grace Franklyn, Joshua Klugman, Shalini T. Reddy

Care Original Research

Relationship Between Burnout, Professional Behaviors, and Cost-Conscious Attitudes Among US Physicians

Liselotte N. Dyrbye, Colin P. West, Andrea Leep Hunderfund, Christine A. Sinsky, Mickey Trockel, Michael Tutty, Lindsey Carlasare, Daniel Satele, Tait Shanafelt

Opioids Original Research

HCV Testing and Treatment in a National Sample of US Federally Qualified Health Centers during the Opioid Epidemic

Sabrina A. Assoumou, Jianing Wang, Shayla Nolen, Golnaz Eftekhari Yazdi, Kenneth H. Mayer, Jon Puro, Joshua A. Salomon, Benjamin P. Linas

Original Research

Preventing Hospital Readmissions: Healthcare Providers’ Perspectives on “Impactibility” Beyond EHR 30-Day Readmission Risk Prediction

Natalie Flaks-Manov, Einav Srulovici, Rina Yahalom, Henia Perry-Mezre, Ran Balicer, Efrat Shadmi

Evaluating the Concordance of Clinician Antiretroviral Prescribing Practices and HIV-ASSIST, an Online Clinical Decision Support Tool

Jesus A. Ramirez, Manoj V. Maddali, Jehan Z. Budak, Jonathan Z. Li, Harry Lampiris, Maunank Shah

Original Research

Predicting Mortality and Adverse Outcomes: Comparing the Frailty Index to General Prognostic Indices

Sandra M. Shi, Ellen P. McCarthy, Susan L. Mitchell, Dae Hyun Kim

Fatty Liver Original Research

Predictive Factors and Time to Development of Hepatic Decompensation in Patients with Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Heidi S. Ahmed, Natalie Pedersen, Manju Bengaluru Jayanna, Patrick Ten Eyck, Antonio Sanchez, Arvind R. Murali

EBM Original Research

Development and Validation of a Test for Competence in Evidence-Based Medicine

Rushad Patell, Paola Raska, Natalie Lee, Gina Luciano, Deborah J. DiNardo, Amiran Baduashvili, Mel L. Anderson, Frank Merritt, Michael B. Rothberg

Buprenorphine Original Research

Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Medical Treatment of Opioid Use Disorders Within the VA Healthcare System Following Non-Fatal Opioid Overdose

Utibe R. Essien, Florentina E. Sileanu, Xinhua Zhao, Jane M. Liebschutz, Carolyn T. Thorpe, Chester B. Good, Maria K. Mor, Thomas R. Radomski, Leslie R. M. Hausmann, Michael J. Fine, Walid F. Gellad

Review of the Clinical Characteristics of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Fang Jiang, Liehua Deng, Liangqing Zhang, Yin Cai, Chi Wai Cheung, Zhengyuan Xia

Care Review Article

Use and Meaning of “Goals of Care” in the Healthcare Literature: a Systematic Review and Qualitative Discourse Analysis

Katharine Secunda, M Jeanne Wirpsa, Kathy J Neely, Eytan Szmuilowicz, Gordon J Wood, Ellen Panozzo, Joan McGrath, Anne Levenson, Jonna Peterson, Elisa J Gordon, Jacqueline M Kruser

Care Perspective

Completing the MISSION: a Blueprint for Helping Veterans Make the Most of New Choices

Jeffrey T. Kullgren, Angela Fagerlin, Eve A. Kerr

Care Perspective

Medical Student Debt Reform: a Proposed Value-Based Loan Repayment Policy

Julia Driessen, Caitlin Zaloom, William H. Shrank

Care Viewpoint

The Decline of Comprehensiveness and the Path to Restoring It

Timothy J. Judson, Matthew J. Press, Allan S. Detsky

Care Viewpoint

Defining Access and the Role of Community Care in the Veterans Health Administration

A. Taylor Kelley, Clinton L. Greenstone, Susan R. Kirsh

Lymphoma Clinical Image

Chylous Ascites

Elizabeth Adler, Cooper Bloyd, Susan Wlodarczyk

Infectious Haiku

Ian R. Ross

Healing Arts

A History of Structural Violence

Abhisake Kole

Concise Research Report

Social Networks Are Associated with Healthcare Utilization Among Taxi and For-Hire Vehicle Drivers: a Latent Class Analysis

Devika R. Jutagir, Imran Mujawar, Soo Young Kim, Andrew Rasmussen, Bharat Narang, Francesca Gany

Care Concise Research Report

Awareness of Payment Reform: a Survey of Patients, Staff, and Providers in Safety Net Primary Care Clinics

Katherine Diaz Vickery, Becky R. Ford, Eileen M. Harwood, Katherine F. Guthrie, Mark Linzer

Care Concise Research Report

Team-Based Care: Caring for the team under payment reform

Mark Linzer, Becky R. Ford, Katherine F. Guthrie, Katherine Diaz Vickery

Naloxone Concise Research Report

Differences in Naloxone Prescribing by Patient Age, Ethnicity, and Clinic Location Among Patients at High-Risk of Opioid Overdose

David Kispert, Jenny L. Carwile, Kristen B. Silvia, Elizabeth B. Eisenhardt, Kinna Thakarar

Blood Pressure Measurement Concise Research Report

Flipping the Visit: Impact of Blood Pressure Remeasurement after the Visit

Jeffrey D. Kravetz, Kara Cleveland, Scott Beauregard

Concise Research Report

Prevalence of Social Determinants of Health and Associations of Social Needs Among United States Adults, 2011–2014

Eun Ji Kim, Sara Abrahams, Omolara Uwemedimo, Joseph Conigliaro

Concise Research Report

Instant Messaging: an Innovative Way to Recruit Primary Care Providers for Qualitative Research

Justina Wu, Eleanor T. Lewis, Paul G. Barnett, Andrea L. Nevedal

Concise Research Report

As Simple as Taking a Picture—How Use of QR Codes Improved Evaluation Response Rates, Documentation, and Timeliness

Nirmala D. Ramalingam, H. Nicole Tran, Aditya Gangopadhyay

Concise Research Report

Effect of Shared Electronic Health Records on Duplicate Imaging after Hospital Transfer

Benjamin N. Rome, Jeffrey L. Schnipper, Saverio M. Maviglia, Stephanie K. Mueller

Affective Disorder Concise Research Report

Willingness to Engage in Traditional and Novel Depression Treatment Modalities Among Myocardial Infarction Survivors

Nathalie Moise, Anusorn Thanataveerat, Ludwing Florez-Salamanca, Siqin Ye, Min Qian, Megan Obi, Carmela Alcantara

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 discuss last year's major advances in heart failure and cardiomyopathies.