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Medical Education: Is Medical School Ranking the Best Assessment of Quality? Apr 25, 2023

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Major medical schools are no longer contributing data to the US News & World Report (USNWR) including more than half the schools that are currently ranked in the top 10 medical schools by the survey. In this podcast, JAMA Editor in Chief Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS, speaks with author Holly J. Humphrey, MD, from the Josiah Macy Jr Foundation in New York, about the recently published Viewpoint "Medical School Rankings—Bad for the Health of the Profession and the Public." Related Content:

Medical School Rankings—Bad for the Health of the Profession and the Public

Income-Based Disparities for Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction Across 6 Countries Apr 04, 2023

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Differences among countries in how health care is organized could have implications for health equity. JAMA Associate Editor Karen Joynt Maddox, MD, MPH, and Bruce E. Landon, MD, MBA, MSc, professor of health care policy, Harvard Medical School, discuss whether treatment patterns and outcomes for patients presenting with acute myocardial infarction differ for patients with higher vs lower incomes across 6 countries. Related Content:

Differences in Treatment Patterns and Outcomes of Acute Myocardial Infarction for Low- and High-Income Patients in 6 Countries

The Uncertain Future of the Determination of Brain Death Mar 29, 2023

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JAMA Executive Editor Greg Curfman, MD, speaks with Robert D. Truog, MD, MA, director of the Harvard Center for Bioethics, who describes the 2 approaches to the determination of death (cardiovascular death and brain death) and discusses the possibility that the determination of brain death may soon undergo substantial change, with important implications for organ transplantation. Related Content:

The Uncertain Future of the Determination of Brain Death

Trends in Pediatric Mental Health Hospitalizations Mar 28, 2023

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Mary Arakelyan, MPH, and JoAnna Leyenaar, MD, PhD, MPH, vice chair of Research in Pediatrics at Dartmouth, discuss increases in pediatric mental health hospitalizations and suicide-related diagnoses over the past decade. Hosted by JAMA Associate Editor Tracy Lieu, MD, MPH. Related Content: Pediatric Mental Health Hospitalizations at Acute Care Hospitals in the US, 2009-2019. Related Content:

Pediatric Mental Health Hospitalizations at Acute Care Hospitals in the US, 2009-2019

Limiting Acetaminophen in Prescription Combination Opioid Products Mar 07, 2023

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In 2011, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a mandate to limit acetaminophen (paracetamol) to 325 mg/tablet in combination acetaminophen and opioid medications, with manufacturer compliance required by early 2014. In this podcast, JAMA Deputy Editor Mary M. McDermott, MD, interviews Jayme E. Locke, MD, MPH, and Babak J. Orandi, MD, PhD, about their JAMA study describing results of the FDA announcement on subsequent rates of hospitalizations for acute liver failure due to toxicity from acetaminophen-containing opioid drugs. Related Content:

Diagnostic Errors in the Emergency Department: A System Solution Is Needed Feb 28, 2023

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In this JAMA author interview, Peter J. Pronovost, MD, PhD, Chief Quality & Clinical Transformation Officer, University Hospitals, Cleveland, and an internationally recognized expert in patient safety, discusses his recent article in JAMA on "Misdiagnosis in the Emergency Department." A new report from AHRQ underscores the seriousness of this problem. Related Content:

Misdiagnosis in the Emergency Department

USPSTF Recommendation: Serologic Screening for Genital Herpes Infection Feb 14, 2023

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Interview with James Stevermer, MD, MSPH, USPSTF member and coauthor of Serologic Screening for Genital Herpes Infection: US Preventive Services Task Force Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement. Hosted by JAMA Editor in Chief Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS.

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