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Intensive Care Unit Admissions Purchased or Delivered by Veterans in the VA Health Care System

This cross-sectional study examines impacts of implementation of the Veterans Affairs MISSION (Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks) Act and the COVID-19 pandemic in critical care delivery for veterans comparing intensive care unit admissions at Veterans Affairs medical centers with community hospitals. from JAMA Health Forum New Online https://ift.tt/4LSNWlm

How AI Will Help Solve Medicine’s Productivity Challenges

This JAMA Forum discusses the potential for artificial intelligence (AI) to improve productivity in medicine and explores the changes needed in regulation and reimbursement to support the effective implementation of medical AI tools. from JAMA Health Forum New Online https://ift.tt/biqaXP9

Magnesium Supplementation and Tachyarrhythmias

This nonrandomized clinical trial evaluates whether giving magnesium supplementation to patients with hypomagnesemia reduces adverse clinical outcomes. from JAMA Internal Medicine Online First https://ift.tt/y5SNt7Q

Public Health for the Post–COVID-19 Public

This Viewpoint proposes 4 principles for a new approach to public health that addresses distrust in the current politicized landscape in the US. from JAMA Health Forum New Online https://ift.tt/O1FZGw6

Rhetoric vs Reality on Immigrants’ Health Care Spending

This JAMA Forum discusses eligibility restrictions for emergency Medicaid coverage, cuts to health care coverage for legal immigrants, and the broader pattern of health care cuts made by the Trump administration and Congressional allies. from JAMA Health Forum New Online https://ift.tt/GiWLnFB

An Unexpected Cause of Hypotension

This Teachable Moment discusses a case of hypotension caused by severe adrenal insufficiency in a man in his 70s. from JAMA Internal Medicine Online First https://ift.tt/o26tqfO

Payments to Physician Practices and Incentives to Serve Different Racial and Ethnic Groups

This study measures disparities across patient racial and ethnic groups in per-visit payment to physician practices from health insurers and other sources, adjusted for visit content, geographic market, and year, and quantifies the role of health insurance source and other factors in these disparities. from JAMA Health Forum New Online https://ift.tt/mEzPTA4

Software as a Medical Practitioner

This Viewpoint explores the application of a licensure paradigm to clinical artificial intelligence systems. from JAMA Internal Medicine Online First https://ift.tt/a5oR8AD

The Enduring Impact of the National Institute of Nursing Research and Why We Still Need It

This Viewpoint highlights the necessity of maintaining the National Institute of Nursing Research and its contributions to health care. from JAMA Health Forum New Online https://ift.tt/XKgFto3

Establishing Community Networks to Support Routine Vaccination

This JAMA Forum discusses vaccine hesitancy across communities in the US and provides examples of successful partnerships during the COVID-19 pandemic that could be incorporated and made more permanent. from JAMA Health Forum New Online https://ift.tt/usLjXO3

Assessing the Case Against Direct-to-Consumer Drug Advertisements

This Viewpoint assesses concerns regarding direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs. from JAMA Health Forum New Online https://ift.tt/sGC4glW

Ending the Criminalization of People With Serious Mental Illness

This JAMA Forum discusses what the data show regarding individuals with serious mental illness, current and potential interventions, and ways to end the criminalization of mental illness in the US. from JAMA Health Forum New Online https://ift.tt/MOf3uwm