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Medical Journal Articles

• Associations of Internal Medicine Residency Milestone Ratings and Certification Examination Scores With Patient Outcomes by Bradley M. Gray, PhD, Jonathan L. Vandergrift, MS, Jennifer P. Stevens, MD, et al  JAMA May 6, 2024

• Substances in Counterfeit Prescription Pills Seized by Law Enforcement, 2017-2022 by Rachel S. Wightman, MD. Thomas Chadronet, BS. Bryan Volpe, BS, et al  May 6, 2024

• The Overdose Crisis in the 2024 Election—Political Fights and Practical Problems by Brendan Saloner, PhD JAMA April 22, 2024 

• Measuring Equity in Readmission as an Assessment of Hospital Performance by Robert J. Gallo, MD and  Christine Santiago, MD, MPH JAMA April 22, 2024 

• Measuring Equity in Readmission as an Assessment of Hospital Performance—Reply by Himali Weerahandi, MD, MPH, Katherine A. Nash, MD, MHS, and  Susannah M. Bernheim, MD, MHS JAMA April 22, 2024

• Reducing Hospitalizations and Multidrug-Resistant Organisms via Regional Decolonization in Hospitals and Nursing Homes by Gabrielle M. Gussin, MS, James A. McKinnell, , Raveena D. Singh, MA et al JAMA April 1, 2024

• Clinical, Biomarker, and Research Tests Among US Government Personnel and Their Family Members Involved in Anomalous Health Incidents by Leighton Chan, MD, MPH, Mark Hallett, MD, Chris K. Zalewski, PhD, et al JAMA March 18. 2024

• Neurological Illness and National Security Lessons to Be Learned by David A. Relman, MD JAMA March 18, 2024 

• Clinical, Biomarker, and Research Tests Among US Government Personnel and Their Family Members Involved in Anomalous Health Incidents by Leighton Chan, MD, MPH. Mark Hallett, MD, Chris K. Zalewski, PhD. et al.JAMA March 18, 2024 

• Neuroimaging Findings in US Government Personnel and Their Family Members Involved in Anomalous Health Incidents by Carlo Pierpaoli, MD, PhD, Amritha Nayak, ME, Rakibul Hafiz, Ph; et al.JAMA March 18. 2024

• Medical Student Intent to Practice in Underserved Areas by Kai Salas Akimoto, BA, Denise Taitano-Ritter, MD, and Kekoa Taparra, MD, PhD JAMA March 5, 2024

• Medical Student Intent to Practice in Underserved Areas by Michael Soh, PhD JAMA March 5, 2024

• Medical Student Intent to Practice in Underserved Areas-Reply by Liselotte N. Dyrbye, MD, MHPE and  Colin P. West, MD, PhD  JAMA March 5. 2024

• Trends in Phenylephrine and Pseudoephedrine Sales in the US by Timothy S. Anderson, MD, MAS, Katie J. Suda, PharmD, MS, Walid F. Gellad, MD, MPH, et al JAMA February 8, 2024

• Prevalence of Immunosuppression Among US Adults by Melissa L. Martinson, PhD  and  Jessica Lapham, PhD JAMA February 15, 2023

• AI’s Threat to the Medical Profession by Agnes B. Fogo, MD, Andreas Kronbichler, MD, PhD, and Ingeborg M. Bajema, MD, PhD JAMA January 19, 2024

• National Trends in Billing Secure Messages as E-Visits by A Jay Holmgren, PhD, MHn;  Allison H. Oakes, PhD; Austin Miller, BS, et al. JAMA January 10, 2024 

• Threatening Nonprofit Hospital Tax Exemption A Better Path Forward by Jill R. Horwitz, PhD, JD, MP JAMA January 18, 2023 

• Trends in Phenylephrine and Pseudoephedrine Sales in the US by Timothy S. Anderson, MD, MAS. Katie J. Suda, PharmD, MS, Walid F. Gellad, MD, MPH, et al JAMA February 8, 2024

• Trends in Phenylephrine and Pseudoephedrine Sales in the US by Timothy S. Anderson, MD, MAS. Katie J. Suda, PharmD, MS, Walid F. Gellad, MD, MPH, et al JAMA February 8, 2024

• US Postgraduate Trainee Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Representation and Faculty Compensation By Specialty by Michael O. Mensah, MD, MHS, MPH, Dalia Owda, MD, Efe C. Ghanney Simons, MD, et al. JAMA August 3, 2023

• Questions Surround “Paused” NIH Health Communication Research Program by Rita Rubin, MA JAMA August 2, 2023

• Private Equity Ownership in Health Care Linked to Higher Costs, Worse Quality by Emily Harris JAMA August 2, 2023

• Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force by Meera Viswanathan, PhD, Rachel Peragallo Urrutia, MD, MS, Kesha N. Hudson, PhD, et al.JAMA August 1. 2023

• The Increasing Adoption of Out-of-Pocket Cost Caps: Benefits, Unintended Consequences, and Policy Opportunities by J. Frank Wharam, MD, MPH and Meredith B. Rosenthal, PhD JAMA July 27, 2023

• 340B—Where Do We Go From Here? by Sanjay Kishore, MD, Rahul K. Nayak, MD,. and Aaron S. Kesselheim, MD, JD, MPH JAMA July 28. 2-23

• Vaccination Mandates—An Old Public Health Tool Faces New Challenges by Lawrence O. Gostin, JD, Dorit Reiss, LLB, PhD, and Michelle M. Mello, JD, PhD, MPhil JAMA July 24, 2023

• Insulin Fills by Medicare Enrollees and Out-of-Pocket Caps Under the Inflation Reduction Act by Rebecca Myerson, MPH, PhD, Dima M. Qato, PharmD, MPH, PhD, Dana P. Goldman, PhD, et al. JAMA July 24, 2023

• Providing Responsible Health Care for Out-of-State Patients by Carmel Shachar, JD, MPH; Barak D. Richman, JD, PhD, and Ateev Mehrotra, MD JAMA July 21, 2023

• Loan Repayment Program Aims to Grow US Pediatric Specialist Workforce by Emily Harris JAMA June 21, 2023

• Worsening US Maternal Death Rates by JN Learning AMA July 3, 2023

• A Physician Crisis in the Rural US May Be About to Get Worse by Atul Grover, MD, PhD JAMA June 15, 2023

• Trends in State-Level Maternal Mortality by Racial and Ethnic Group in the United States by Laura G. Fleszar, MPH, Allison S. Bryant, MD, MPH, Catherine O. Johnson, PhD, MPH, et al.JAMA July 2, 1012

• A Physician Crisis in the Rural US May Be About to Get Worse by Atul Grover, MD, PhD A Piece of My Mind JAMA June 15. 2023

• Survey: Millions of People in the US Forgo Medications to Reduce Costs by Emily Harris JAMA June 14, 2023

• DA Proposes the US Forgo Medications to Reduce Costs by Emily Harris JAMA June 14, 2023

• As Laws Restricting Health Care Surge, Some US Physicians Choose Between Fight or Flight by Melissa Suran, PhD, MS JAMA May 17. 2023

• Community Health Workers in Early Childhood Well-Child Care for Medicaid-Insured Children: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Tumaini R. Coker, MD, MBA, Kendra Liljenquist, PhD, MPH, Sarah J. Lowry, PhD, et al. JAMA April 30, 2013

General Articles and Commentaries

• Cyberattack on largest US Catholic health care system part of rising criminal trend by Gina Christian Our Sunday Visitor/The Pilot