abstract：BACKGROUND:Approximately 25 million people in the USA are limited English proficient (LEP). When LEP patients receive care from physicians who are truly language concordant, some evidence show that language disparities are reduced, but others demonstrate worse outcomes. We conducted a systematic review of the literatur...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Diamond L,Izquierdo K,Canfield D,Matsoukas K,Gany F

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Population-based strategies can expand the reach of tobacco cessation treatment beyond clinical encounters. OBJECTIVE:To determine the effect of two population-based tobacco cessation strategies, compared with usual care, on providing tobacco treatment outside of clinical encounters. DESIGN:3-arm pragmatic...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Kalkhoran S,Inman EM,Kelley JHK,Ashburner JM,Rigotti NA

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In a prior study, we found patient satisfaction was associated with mortality. However, that study included few deaths, yielding wide confidence intervals, was criticized for possible morbidity under-adjustment, and lacked power to explore sociodemographic moderation. OBJECTIVE:To revisit the satisfaction-m...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Jerant A,Fiscella K,Fenton JJ,Magnan EM,Agnoli A,Franks P

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:African Americans suffer more than non-Hispanic whites from type 2 diabetes, but diabetes self-management education (DSME) has been less effective at improving glycemic control for African Americans. Our objective was to determine whether a novel, culturally tailored DSME intervention would result in sustain...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Lynch EB,Mack L,Avery E,Wang Y,Dawar R,Richardson D,Keim K,Ventrelle J,Appelhans BM,Tahsin B,Fogelfeld L

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In countries with public health system, hospital bed reductions and increasing social and medical frailty have led to the phenomenon of "outliers" or "outlying hospital in-patients." They are often medical patients who, because of unavailability of beds in their clinically appropriate ward, are admitted wher...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： La Regina M,Guarneri F,Romano E,Orlandini F,Nardi R,Mazzone A,Fontanella A,Campanini M,Manfellotto D,Bellandi T,Gussoni G,Tartaglia R,Squizzato A

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As children with diabetes transition to adulthood, they may be especially vulnerable to diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). Cross-national comparisons may inform efforts to avoid this complication. OBJECTIVE:To compare DKA hospitalization rates in the USA and Manitoba, Canada, during the vulnerable years known as ...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Gaffney A,Christopher A,Katz A,Chateau D,McDougall C,Bor D,Himmelstein D,Woolhandler S,McCormick D

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Identifying potential mechanisms that link depressed mood with worse health behaviors is important given the prevalence of depressed mood in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) and its relationship with subsequent mortality. Perceived health competence is an individual's confidence in his/her ability ...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Yeh VM,Mayberry LS,Bachmann JM,Wallston KA,Roumie C,Muñoz D,Kripalani S

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The opioid epidemic has disproportionately affected rural areas, where a limited number of health care providers offer medication-assisted treatment (MAT), the mainstay of treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD). Rural residents with OUD may face multiple barriers to engagement in MAT including long travel d...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Cole ES,DiDomenico E,Cochran G,Gordon AJ,Gellad WF,Pringle J,Warwick J,Chang CH,Kim JY,Kmiec J,Kelley D,Donohue JM

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:US adults with serious mental illness (SMI), compared to those without SMI, have a higher prevalence of smoking, which contributes to a shorter life expectancy. This study compared current smoking and quitting-related characteristics of low-income US adults with and without SMI who received healthcare at f...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Kalkhoran S,Thorndike AN,Rigotti NA,Fung V,Baggett TP

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thirty-day readmission penalties implemented with the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program (HRRP) place a larger burden on safety-net hospitals which treat a disproportionate share of racial minorities, leading to concerns that already large racial disparities in readmissions could widen. OBJECTIVE:To exa...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Kaplan CM,Thompson MP,Waters TM

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:More and more Veterans are receiving care from community providers, increasing the need for effective coordination across health systems. For Veterans with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), this need is intensified by complex comorbidity patterns that often include multiple providers co-managing ...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Rinne ST,Resnick K,Wiener RS,Simon SR,Elwy AR

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the context of internal medicine, "triage" is a newly popularized term that refers to constellation of activities related to determining the most appropriate disposition plans for patients, including assessing patients for admissions into the inpatient medicine service. The physician or "triagist" plays a critical ...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Wang ES,Velásquez ST,Smith CJ,Matthias TH,Schmit D,Hsu S,Leykum LK

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies indicate that medical trainees frequently experience discrimination by patients. Little is known about effective strategies to teach trainees to respond to this discrimination. AIM:To create a workshop for first-year residents utilizing standardized patients to improve skills in responding ...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Eisenberg EH,Kieffer KA

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Veterans Access, Choice and Accountability Act (hereafter, Choice Program) seeks to improve access to care by enabling eligible Veterans to receive care from community providers. Veterans Affairs (VA) primary care providers (PCPs) play a key role in making referrals to community specialists, but their fr...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Nevedal AL,Wagner TH,Ellerbe LS,Asch SM,Koenig CJ

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Developing a definition of what constitutes high need among Medicare beneficiaries using administrative data is an important prerequisite to evaluating value-based payment reforms. While various definitions of high need exist, their predictive validity for different patient outcomes in the following year has...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Bélanger E,Silver B,Meyers DJ,Rahman M,Kumar A,Kosar C,Mor V

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In response to the landmark report "Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering," the NIH Office of Research on Women's Health issued a request for applications that funded 14 R01 grants to investigate causal factors to career success for women in STEM. Fol...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Carr PL,Helitzer D,Freund K,Westring A,McGee R,Campbell PB,Wood CV,Villablanca A

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a growing focus on improving the quality and value of health care delivery for high-cost patients. Compared to fee-for-service Medicare, less is known about the clinical composition of high-cost Medicare Advantage populations. OBJECTIVE:To describe a high-cost Medicare Advantage population and iden...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Powers BW,Yan J,Zhu J,Linn KA,Jain SH,Kowalski JL,Navathe AS

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about the outcomes of in-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in Asian populations including elderly patients in Japan. OBJECTIVE:To determine the survival outcome of in-hospital CPR among elderly patients in Japan, and to identify predictors associated with survival. DESIGN:Retrosp...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Hayashi T,Matsushima M,Bito S,Kanazawa N,Inoue N,Luthe SK,Wee CC

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:People with type 2 diabetes often experience two common mental health conditions: depression and diabetes distress. Both increase a patient's risk for mortality, poor disease management, diabetes-related complications, and poor quality of life. The American Diabetes Association and the U.S. Preventive Services Task Fo...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Owens-Gary MD,Zhang X,Jawanda S,Bullard KM,Allweiss P,Smith BD

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the HTML version of this paper, Ms. Goddu was incorrectly listed. The correct citation should be AP Goddu. Exposure to the stigmatizing language note was associated with more negative attitudes towards the patient (20.3 stigmatizing vs. 25.1 neutral, p < 0.001). Reading the stigmatizing language note was associated...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Goddu AP,O'Conor KJ,Lanzkron S,Saheed MO,Saha S,Peek ME,Haywood C Jr,Beach MC

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper was inadvertently published with open access; the authors have requested the copyright revert to the society. It has been re-published with appropriate licensing. ...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Maraj B,Harding-Theobald E,Karaki F

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:National guidelines make recommendations regarding the initial opioid prescriptions, but most of the supporting evidence is from the initial episode of care, not the first prescription. OBJECTIVE:To examine associations between features of the first opioid prescription and high-risk opioid use in the 18 mon...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Zhang Y,Johnson P,Jeng PJ,Reid MC,Witkin LR,Schackman BR,Ancker JS,Bao Y

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A lack of access to critical drugs in the USA, either due to exorbitant prices or shortages, has become a troubling norm that threatens the quality and safety of healthcare. In 2017, there were shortages of 146 commonly used drugs including electrolytes, chemotherapy, cardiovascular, and antibiotic agents. For example...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Sivashanker K,Fanikos J,Kachalia A

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Medical students in the USA have negative perceptions of primary care careers, which are exacerbated by the hidden curriculum and medical school culture. Longitudinal integrated clerkships (LICs) have shown promise in ameliorating this situation by promoting student/preceptor continuity relationships and hel...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Ford CD,Patel PG,Sierpina VS,Wolffarth MW,Rowen JL

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The transfer of critically ill patients from the intensive care unit (ICU) to hospital ward is challenging. Shortcomings in the delivery of care for patients transferred from the ICU have been associated with higher healthcare costs and poor satisfaction with care. Little is known about how hospital ward pro...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Boyd JM,Roberts DJ,Parsons Leigh J,Stelfox HT

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patient-provider sexual risk behavior discussions occur infrequently but may be facilitated by high-quality sexual risk screening tools. OBJECTIVE:To develop the Sexual Risk Behavior Inventory (SRBI), a brief computer-administered patient-reported measure. DESIGN:Qualitative item development/quantitative i...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Fredericksen RJ,Mayer KH,Gibbons LE,Edwards TC,Yang FM,Walcott M,Brown S,Dant L,Loo S,Gutierrez C,Paez E,Fitzsimmons E,Wu AW,Mugavero MJ,Mathews WC,Lober WB,Kitahata MM,Patrick DL,Crane PK,Crane HM

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A large proportion of deaths and chronic illnesses can be attributed to three modifiable risk factors: tobacco use, overweight/obesity, and physical inactivity. OBJECTIVE:To test whether telephone-based health coaching after completion of a comprehensive health risk assessment (HRA) increases patient activa...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Oddone EZ,Gierisch JM,Sanders LL,Fagerlin A,Sparks J,McCant F,May C,Olsen MK,Damschroder LJ

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinical and community samples indicate that eating disorders (EDs) and disordered eating behaviors (DEBs) may co-occur among adolescents and young adults at a weight status classified as overweight or obese. OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence of EDs and DEBs among young adults at a weight status classif...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Nagata JM,Garber AK,Tabler JL,Murray SB,Bibbins-Domingo K

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Discharge planning is an important component of hospital care. The Blaylock Risk Assessment Screening Score (BRASS) index is an instrument used to identify patients requiring complex discharge planning. OBJECTIVES:(1) Evaluate the ability of the original BRASS index to predict the risk of complex discharge ...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Zarovska A,Evangelista A,Boccia T,Ciccone G,Coggiola D,Scarmozzino A,Corsi D

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Use of electronic health records (EHRs) is associated with physician stress and burnout. While emergency departments and subspecialists have used scribes to address this issue, little is known about the impact of scribes in academic primary care. OBJECTIVE:Assess the impact of a scribe on physician and pati...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Pozdnyakova A,Laiteerapong N,Volerman A,Feld LD,Wan W,Burnet DL,Lee WW

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Genomics will play an increasingly prominent role in clinical medicine. OBJECTIVE:To describe how primary care physicians (PCPs) discuss and make clinical recommendations about genome sequencing results. DESIGN:Qualitative analysis. PARTICIPANTS:PCPs and their generally healthy patients undergoing genome ...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Vassy JL,Davis JK,Kirby C,Richardson IJ,Green RC,McGuire AL,Ubel PA

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about pain care offered to patients discontinued from long-term opioid therapy (LTOT) by their prescriber due to aberrant behaviors versus other reasons. OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to compare rates of non-opioid analgesic pharmacotherapy initiation and clinician referrals for non-pharmacolog...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Lovejoy TI,Morasco BJ,Demidenko MI,Meath THA,Dobscha SK

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Primary care providers (PCPs) face many system- and patient-level challenges in providing multimodal care for patients with complex chronic pain as recommended in some pain management guidelines. Several models have been developed to improve the delivery of multimodal chronic pain care. These models vary in ...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Peterson K,Anderson J,Bourne D,Mackey K,Helfand M

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patient reminders for influenza vaccination, delivered via electronic health record (EHR) patient portal messages and interactive voice response (IVR) calls, offer an innovative approach to improving patient care. OBJECTIVE:To test the effectiveness of portal and IVR outreach in improving rates of influenza...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Cutrona SL,Golden JG,Goff SL,Ogarek J,Barton B,Fisher L,Preusse P,Sundaresan D,Garber L,Mazor KM

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antibiotics are often prescribed for hospitalized patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations. The use of procalcitonin (PCT) in the management of pneumonia has safely reduced antibiotic durations, but limited data on the impact of PCT guidance on the management of COPD exacerbat...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Bremmer DN,DiSilvio BE,Hammer C,Beg M,Vishwanathan S,Speredelozzi D,Moffa MA,Hu K,Abdulmassih R,Makadia JT,Sandhu R,Naddour M,Chan-Tompkins NH,Trienski TL,Watson C,Obringer TJ,Kuzyck J,Walsh TL

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Potentially preventable admissions are a target for healthcare cost containment. OBJECTIVE:To identify rates of, characterize associations with, and explore physician decision-making around potentially preventable admissions. DESIGN:A comparative cohort study was used to determine rates of potentially prev...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Daniels LM,Sorita A,Kashiwagi DT,Okubo M,Small E,Polley EC,Sawatsky AP

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients frequently experience suboptimal transitions from the hospital to the community, which can increase the likelihood of readmission. It is not known which care coordination services can lead to improvements in readmission rates. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effects of two care coordination interventions...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Hoyer EH,Brotman DJ,Apfel A,Leung C,Boonyasai RT,Richardson M,Lepley D,Deutschendorf A

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One challenge of contemporary medical education is that shorter lengths of stay and time-limited clerkships often interrupt a student's relationship with a patient before a diagnosis is made or treatment is completed, limiting the learning experience. Medical students sometimes use electronic health records (EHRs) to ...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Brisson GE,Barnard C,Tyler PD,Liebovitz DM,Neely KJ

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a significant health problem worldwide, and is the leading cause of cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma, and liver transplantation in the United States. The management of HCV has changed significantly over the last 5 years, as treatments have become simpler and more efficacious. Me...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Guss D,Sherigar J,Rosen P,Mohanty SR

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Noninferiority trials are increasingly common, though they have less standardized designs and their interpretation is less familiar to clinicians than superiority trials. OBJECTIVE:To empirically evaluate a cohort of noninferiority trials to determine 1) their interpretation as recommended by CONSORT, 2) ch...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Aberegg SK,Hersh AM,Samore MH

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00