New Issue of Journal of the American Medical Association is Now Available
April 7, 2009
JAMAÂ (Volume 301, Number 13, April 1, 2009) is now available by subscription only.
Articles Include:
- “Association Between Hospital-Reported Leapfrog Safe Practices Scores and Inpatient Mortality” by Leslie P. Kernisan, Sei J. Lee, W. John Boscardin, C. Seth Landefeld, and R. Adams Dudley, 1341-1348.
- “Professional Medical Associations and Their Relationships With Industry: A Proposal for Controlling Conflict of Interest” by David J. Rothman, Walter J. McDonald, Carol D. Berkowitz, Susan C. Chimonas, Catherine D. DeAngelis, Ralph W. Hale, Steven E. Nissen, June E. Osborn, James H. Scully Jr, Gerald E. Thomson, and David Wofsy, 1367-1372.
- “Reforming the HIPAA Privacy Rule: Safeguarding Privacy and Promoting Research” by Lawrence O. Gostin and Sharyl Nass, 1373-1375.
- “A New Strategy to Improve Quality: Rewarding Actions Rather Than Measures” by Rachel M. Werner and Robert McNutt, 1375-1377.
- “Quality, Transparency, and the US Government” by Robert H. Brook, 1377-1378.
- “Distributing US Health Aid” by Kenneth Hugh Mayer and Carol Dukes Hamilton, 1339-1340.
- “Virtual Colonoscopy Dealt Setback With Rejection for Coverage by Medicare” by Mike Mitka, 1327-1328.
Book and Media Reviews Include:
- “Critical: What We Can Do About the Health-Care Crisis” by Joseph J. Fins, 1384-1385.
- “Distributive Justice and the New Medicine” by Edward P. Richards, 1385-1386.
- “Law, Legitimacy and the Rationing of Health Care: A Contextual and Comparative Perspective” by Mary Anderlik Majumder, 1386-1387.
- “Healthcare, Guaranteed: A Simple, Secure Solution for America” by Daniel M. Fox, 1387-1388.
- “Patient, Heal Thyself: How the New Medicine Puts the Patient in Charge” by Lainie Friedman Ross, 1388-1389.
