{"title":"On the Road, Again.","authors":"Eleanor R Menzin","doi":"10.1001/jamainternmed.2026.4412","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2026.4412","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14714,"journal":{"name":"JAMA Internal Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":26.3,"publicationDate":"2026-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148968676","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Institutional Fear of Falling-Causes, Consequences, and Cures.","authors":"Hanne R Dolan, Terry P Haines, Ronald I Shorr","doi":"10.1001/jamainternmed.2026.3996","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamainternmed.2026.3996","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14714,"journal":{"name":"JAMA Internal Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":26.3,"publicationDate":"2026-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148968710","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ziping Ye, Kimberley D Lucas, Nathan W Furukawa, Amanda A Honeycutt, Donna Kalauokalani, Amy T Krawiec, Teresa Puente, Joshua A Salomon, Marissa B Reitsma
{"title":"Universal Opt-Out Hepatitis C Virus Testing and Treatment on Entry in California State Prisons.","authors":"Ziping Ye, Kimberley D Lucas, Nathan W Furukawa, Amanda A Honeycutt, Donna Kalauokalani, Amy T Krawiec, Teresa Puente, Joshua A Salomon, Marissa B Reitsma","doi":"10.1001/jamainternmed.2026.4041","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamainternmed.2026.4041","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14714,"journal":{"name":"JAMA Internal Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":26.3,"publicationDate":"2026-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13575827/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148968647","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
May Hua, Miguel Cid, Claire Barshied, Rachel C Shelton, Grace Hu, Natasha Stekl, Carrie Brill, Elise C Carey, R Sean Morrison
{"title":"Effective Palliative Care for Hospice Transitions.","authors":"May Hua, Miguel Cid, Claire Barshied, Rachel C Shelton, Grace Hu, Natasha Stekl, Carrie Brill, Elise C Carey, R Sean Morrison","doi":"10.1001/jamainternmed.2026.4511","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamainternmed.2026.4511","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Importance: </strong>Variation in hospice use for patients with cancer exists between palliative care programs, but factors underlying this heterogeneity are unknown.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To identify hospital and palliative care program factors that may impact the ability of palliative care teams to affect hospice use in cancer.</p><p><strong>Design, setting, and participants: </strong>This multicenter qualitative study included 6 palliative care programs in the United States. Using a cohort of patients with metastatic cancer who received specialist palliative care, a positive-negative deviance approach was used to select 3 programs with high and 3 programs with low performance on hospice use. In-depth site visits were conducted and included semistructured interviews with palliative care and oncology clinicians and patients as well as in-person observation. Interviews were conducted from February 2025 to January 2026. Site visits were conducted from May 2025 to January 2026.</p><p><strong>Main outcomes and measures: </strong>Program-specific practices and their potential effect on hospice use for patients with cancer.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 93 interviews and 424 hours of in-person observation were conducted across 6 palliative care programs in the Midwest, Upper South, and Deep South regions of the United States. Interview participants had a median (IQR) age of 43 (37-47) years; 68 (73.1%) were female; clinicians had a median (IQR) of 11 (5-16) years of experience. There were notable differences in the relationships between palliative care and oncology teams between high- and low-performing programs. At high-performing programs, the relationship was characterized by mutual trust and respect, warmth and familiarity, and empathy for each other, whereas at low-performing programs, the relationship was characterized by a lack of trust and familiarity and negative regard for each other. Factors observed in programs with positive relationships included intentionality in relationship building, physical presence and proximity between teams, use of real-time communication, and the palliative care team having a service-oriented mentality and a reputation for reliable service. At high-performing programs, observable differences in care included collaborative care delivery, increased access and timeliness of palliative care, and earlier introduction of hospice by oncology clinicians.</p><p><strong>Conclusions and relevance: </strong>In this multicenter qualitative study, differences in the relationship between palliative care and oncology teams were identified that may mechanistically affect end-of-life patient outcomes. These findings are important to ensure the delivery of high-quality care for all patients with cancer.</p>","PeriodicalId":14714,"journal":{"name":"JAMA Internal Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":26.3,"publicationDate":"2026-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13575825/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148968615","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lessons From a Hepatitis C Program in California Prisons.","authors":"Tyler N A Winkelman, Elise Woodward","doi":"10.1001/jamainternmed.2026.4179","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2026.4179","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14714,"journal":{"name":"JAMA Internal Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":26.3,"publicationDate":"2026-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148968665","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lisa S Rotenstein, Gary Price, David W Bates, Russell Libby
{"title":"Rebuilding Trust in the Patient-Physician Relationship.","authors":"Lisa S Rotenstein, Gary Price, David W Bates, Russell Libby","doi":"10.1001/jamainternmed.2026.3819","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2026.3819","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14714,"journal":{"name":"JAMA Internal Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":26.3,"publicationDate":"2026-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148912073","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease-Related Years of Life Lost as a Prognostic Signal.","authors":"Yong Xu, Bo Tao","doi":"10.1001/jamainternmed.2026.4365","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2026.4365","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14714,"journal":{"name":"JAMA Internal Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":26.3,"publicationDate":"2026-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148911810","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}