Issue highlights and interviews from Annals of Internal Medicine.
https://www.acpjournals.org/journal/aim
Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 4 days 13 hours 24 minutes
PPACA responses
Summary of this issue's articles, plus a sampling of reader responses to "The Affordable Care Act and the Future of Clinical Medicine: The Opportunities and Challenges," by Kocher, Emanuel, and DeParle.
Malpractice
Summary of this issue's articles, plus excerpts describing new research about the costs of malpractice and malpractice reform from a conference about Medical Liability and Emergency Care.
Vulnerable plaque
Vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque as a risk factor for coronary events; interview with Alawai Alsheikh-Ali, MD, MS, and Stanley Ip, MD, of Tufts University School of Medicine; plus a summary of all the issue's articles.
Low-carbohydrate diet
Low-carbohydrate diets and mortality; interview with Martijn Katan, PhD, of VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; plus a summary of all the issue's articles.
General summary
General summary of this issue's articles, including studies on medical error disclosure, quality of care of HCV infected patients, and treatment of rotator cuff tears. Annals editor Christine Laine, MD, MPH, guest hosts.
Dementia
Mild cognitive impairment and dementia; interview with Michael Rafii, MD, PhD, of the University of California San Diego; plus a summary of all the issue's articles.
Progress notes
Opening progress notes to patients; interview with Jan Walker, RN, MBA, and Thomas Delbanco, MD, of Harvard Medical School; plus a summary of all articles in the issue.
Israel in Haiti
The Israeli field hospital experience in Haiti; interview with Ofer Merin, MD, Commander in Chief of the Israel Defense Forces Reserve Field Hospital, Deputy Director General of Shaarei Tzedek Hospital, Lecturer at Hebrew University in Jerusalem; plus a s
HbA1c
HbA1c as a diagnostic test and measure of diabetes control; interview with William H. Herman, MD, MPH, of the University of Michigan, and Robert M. Cohen, MD, of the University of Cincinnati; plus a summary of all articles in the issue.
Opioids II
Managing opioid misuse with treatment agreements and urine drug testing; interview with Barbara Turner, MD, MSED, of the University of Pennsylvania; plus a summary of all the articles in the issue.