Inpatient psychiatric units’ policies and restrictions for suicide prevention can exacerbate harm rather than promote wellness. This commentary on a case examines ethics concerns about prevention policies that overly rely on liberty restriction, as expressed in the design of inpatient…
Inpatient psychiatric units should be therapeutic environments that support dignity and recovery. When adverse outcomes (eg, self-harm, violence) happen in these settings, clinicians and administrators can face litigation and other pressures to prioritize risk management over supporting patients’ access to…
Importance Atrial cardiopathy is associated with stroke in the absence of clinically apparent atrial fibrillation. It is unknown whether anticoagulation, which has proven benefit in atrial fibrillation, prevents stroke in patients with atrial cardiopathy and no atrial fibrillation. Objective To compare anticoagulation…
Importance Repeated mass distribution of azithromycin has been shown to reduce childhood mortality by 14% in sub-Saharan Africa. However, the estimated effect varied by location, suggesting that the intervention may not be effective in different geographical areas, time periods, or conditions….
Importance An estimated 7.6% of children and 10.8% of adults have IgE-mediated food-protein allergies in the US. IgE-mediated food allergies may cause anaphylaxis and death. A delayed, IgE-mediated allergic response to the food-carbohydrate galactose-α-1,3-galactose (alpha-gal) in mammalian meat affects an estimated…
In this episode, we are joined by Dr Michael Stevens, a Professor of Internal Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases and West Virginia University Health System’s System Healthcare Epidemiologist. Studies looking at rural hospitals note unique challenges: health care…
Within the Artificial Intelligence Learning Series, learners will be introduced to keys concepts related to artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in health care. This microlearning course on the methodology of AI in health care will enable you to…
The SMBP Jumpstart Curriculum is a free digital curriculum designed to address the learning, planning, and implementation needs of health centers seeking to implement and sustain evidence-based systematic self-measured blood pressure (SMBP) programs. It consists of 15 mini modules divided…
This activity is comprised of five multiple-choice questions based on the content of an AMA Journal of Ethics podcast about why turfing, despite being such a common, troublesome ethical issue, receives such little attention in the literature, how clinicians can…
A 31-year-old woman presented for evaluation of bilateral blurry vision over the past month. She experienced fulminant hepatic failure 3 months ago and underwent a liver transplant 2 weeks later. Postoperative pathological results showed hepatolenticular degeneration. What would you do…
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