Inmaculada Hernandez, PharmD; Seo Hyon Baik, PhD; Antonio Piñera, MD; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2015;175(1):18-24. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.5398
This retrospective cohort study reports a higher incidence of major bleeding and a higher risk of gastrointestinal bleeding with dabigatran.
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Editor's Note
The Importance of Postapproval Data for Dabigatran
Rita F. Redberg, MD, MSc
JAMA Intern Med
Less Is More
Walid F. Gellad, MD, MPH; Xinhua Zhao, PhD; Carolyn T. Thorpe, PhD, MPH; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2015;175(1):26-34. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.5405
This cross-sectional, retrospective cohort study found that veterans who receive glucose test strips through both the Department of Veterans Affairs and Medicare use more strips and are more likely to overuse strips.
David A. Cook, MD, MHPE; Eric S. Holmboe, MD; Kristi J. Sorensen, MSEd; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2015;175(1):35-42. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.5437
This focus group study finds that physicians view maintenance of certification as an unnecessarily complex process that is misaligned with its purposes and proposes a new model.
R. Scott Miller, MD; Lindell K. Weaver, MD; Nazanin Bahraini, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2015;175(1):43-52. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.5479
This multicenter, double-blind, sham-controlled clinical trial demonstrates that among service members with persistent postconcussion symptoms hyperbaric oxygen showed no benefits over sham compressions. See the Invited Commentary by Hoge and Jonas.
Martha L. Bruce, PhD, MPH; Patrick J. Raue, PhD; Catherine F. Reilly, MPH; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2015;175(1):55-64. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.5835
This cluster randomized effectiveness trial finds that home health care nurses can effectively integrate depression care management into routine practice among patients with moderate to severe depression. See the Invited Commentary by Lyketsos.
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Invited Commentary
Now Is the Time for True Reform of Mental Health Services
Constantine G. Lyketsos, MD, MHS
JAMA Intern Med
Anil N. Makam, MD, MAS; Oanh K. Nguyen, MD, MAS
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JAMA Intern Med. 2015;175(1):67-75. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.5830
This retrospective study of ED visits by adults shows that cardiac biomarker testing in the ED is common even among those without symptoms suggestive of acute coronary syndrome.
Meera Viswanathan, PhD; Leila C. Kahwati, MD, MPH; Carol E. Golin, MD; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2015;175(1):76-87. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.5841
This systematic review and meta-analysis indicate that medication therapy management may reduce the frequency of some medication-related problems, but the evidence is insufficient with respect to improvement in health outcomes.
Jason F. Okulicz, MD; Tuan D. Le, MD, DrPH; Brian K. Agan, MD; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2015;175(1):88-99. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.4010
This cohort study reports deferral of antiretroviral therapy beyond 12 months of the estimated date of seroconversion diminishes the likelihood of restoring immunologic health in human immunodeficiency virus 1鈥搃nfected individuals. See also the Invited Commentary by Schacker.
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Invited Commentary
Defining Success With Antiretroviral Therapy
Timothy W. Schacker, MD
JAMA Intern Med
Danny R. Hughes, PhD; Miao Jiang, PhD; Richard Duszak Jr, MD
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JAMA Intern Med. 2015;175(1):101-107. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.6349
Examining the ordering patterns for diagnostic imaging, Hughes et al found that advanced practice clinicians were associated with more imaging services than primary care physicians for similar patients during evaluation and management office visits.
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Editor's Note
The Right Care by the Right Clinician
Mitchell H. Katz, MD
JAMA Intern Med
James Krieger, MD, MPH; Lin Song, PhD; Miriam Philby, MA
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JAMA Intern Med. 2015;175(1):109-117. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.6353
This randomized parallel group study reports that the provision of in-home asthma self-management support by community health workers to low-income adults with uncontrolled asthma improves asthma control and quality of life but not unscheduled health care use.
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Invited Commentary
Finding Value in Medicine
Harrison J. Alter, MD, MS
JAMA Intern Med