JAMAPub Date : 2024-10-08DOI: 10.1001/jama.2024.20563
Roy Perlis
{"title":"The VA Was an Early Adopter of Artificial Intelligence to Improve Care—Here’s What They Learned","authors":"Roy Perlis","doi":"10.1001/jama.2024.20563","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2024.20563","url":null,"abstract":"This Medical News story is an interview about the US Department of Veterans Affairs’ pioneering work in using artificial intelligence to improve patient care.","PeriodicalId":518009,"journal":{"name":"JAMA","volume":"56 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142385578","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JAMAPub Date : 2024-09-27DOI: 10.1001/jama.2024.19684
Samantha Anderer
{"title":"CDC Reports Human Case of Bird Flu Not Linked to Animals.","authors":"Samantha Anderer","doi":"10.1001/jama.2024.19684","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2024.19684","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":518009,"journal":{"name":"JAMA","volume":"24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142328836","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JAMAPub Date : 2024-09-27DOI: 10.1001/jama.2024.19687
Samantha Anderer
{"title":"Caseload Strain Contributed to 1 in 5 COVID-19 Deaths at US Hospitals.","authors":"Samantha Anderer","doi":"10.1001/jama.2024.19687","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2024.19687","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":518009,"journal":{"name":"JAMA","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142328837","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JAMAPub Date : 2024-09-26DOI: 10.1001/jama.2024.15568
Pavel Kolkhir, Hanna Bonnekoh, Martin Metz, Marcus Maurer
{"title":"Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria","authors":"Pavel Kolkhir, Hanna Bonnekoh, Martin Metz, Marcus Maurer","doi":"10.1001/jama.2024.15568","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2024.15568","url":null,"abstract":"ImportanceChronic spontaneous urticaria affects approximately 1% of the general population worldwide, including approximately 3 million people in the US, impairs patients’ quality of life, and is associated with multiple comorbidities.ObservationsChronic spontaneous urticaria affects patients of any age but is most common in females aged 30 to 50 years. Diagnosis is based on clinical presentation, ie, spontaneously recurring wheals, angioedema, or both. Chronic spontaneous urticaria persists for more than 1 year in most patients (1 or repeated episodes) and may present with comorbidities including chronic inducible urticaria (&amp;gt;10%), autoimmune thyroiditis (approximately 20%), metabolic syndrome (6%-20%), and anxiety (10%-31%) and depression (7%-29%). Known autoimmune endotypes (subtypes of urticaria defined by distinct pathogenesis) of chronic spontaneous urticaria are mediated by mast cell–activating IgE and/or IgG autoantibodies (&amp;gt;50%). Approximately 40% of patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria have a Dermatology Life Quality Index of more than 10, corresponding to a very large or extremely large negative effect on quality of life. Second-generation H<jats:sub>1</jats:sub> antihistamines are first-line treatment; partial or complete response, defined as a reduction in urticaria symptoms of greater than 50%, is observed in approximately 40% of patients. The 2022 international urticaria guideline recommends the monoclonal anti-IgE antibody omalizumab as second-line treatment for antihistamine-refractory chronic spontaneous urticaria. However, at least 30% of patients have an insufficient response to omalizumab, especially those with IgG-mediated autoimmune urticaria. Cyclosporine, used off-label, can improve symptoms in approximately 54% to 73% of patients, especially those with autoimmune chronic spontaneous urticaria and nonresponse to omalizumab, but has adverse effects such as kidney dysfunction and hypertension.Conclusions and RelevanceChronic spontaneous urticaria is an inflammatory skin disease associated with medical and psychiatric comorbidities and impaired quality of life. Second-generation H<jats:sub>1</jats:sub> antihistamines are first-line treatment, omalizumab is second-line treatment, and cyclosporine is third-line treatment for chronic spontaneous urticaria.","PeriodicalId":518009,"journal":{"name":"JAMA","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142325617","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JAMAPub Date : 2024-09-26DOI: 10.1001/jama.2024.15917
Mary D Willis,Joan A Casey,Jonathan J Buonocore
{"title":"Potential Health Hazards of Cryptocurrency Mining: Protecting Health in a \"Digital Oil Boom\".","authors":"Mary D Willis,Joan A Casey,Jonathan J Buonocore","doi":"10.1001/jama.2024.15917","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2024.15917","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":518009,"journal":{"name":"JAMA","volume":"191 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142324999","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JAMAPub Date : 2024-09-26DOI: 10.1001/jama.2024.13413
Elizabeth Plummer,Mariana P Socal,Ge Bai
{"title":"Estimation of Tax Benefit of US Nonprofit Hospitals.","authors":"Elizabeth Plummer,Mariana P Socal,Ge Bai","doi":"10.1001/jama.2024.13413","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2024.13413","url":null,"abstract":"ImportanceNonprofit hospitals are under increasing scrutiny to justify the generous tax benefit they receive due to their tax-exempt status. Quantifying the value of the tax benefit they receive at the federal, state, and local levels is critical for designing informed public health policies and ensuring nonprofit hospitals' taxpayer accountability.ObjectiveTo estimate the financial benefit that nonprofit hospitals derive from their tax-exempt status and assess how the benefit is distributed across state and local communities.Design, Setting, and ParticipantsUsing methodologies and measures consistent with current tax law and practice and data from 2021 Medicare Cost Reports, this study calculated the total financial benefit from nonprofit hospitals' tax-exempt status for all US nonprofit hospitals with the required Cost Reports data.Main Outcomes and MeasuresNonprofit hospitals' total tax benefit, which equals the sum of federal and state income tax, sales tax, property tax, the fair market value of charitable contributions from donors, savings from tax exemptions on issued bonds, and federal unemployment tax.ResultsA total of 2927 US nonprofit hospitals received a $37.4 billion total tax benefit in 2021 from federal income tax ($11.5 billion; 31%), sales tax ($9.1 billion; 24%), property tax ($7.8 billion; 21%), state income tax ($3.7 billion; 10%), charitable contributions ($3.2 billion; 8%), bond financing ($2.1 billion; 6%), and federal unemployment tax ($200 million; <1%). Tax benefit varied substantially across states, from $25 098 (Delaware) to $159 464 (Massachusetts) per hospital bed and from $19 (Alabama) to $275 (Massachusetts) per capita. Tax benefit was highly concentrated, with 7% (n = 212) of hospitals accounting for half of the total amount.Conclusion and RelevanceThis study highlights the wide variation of nonprofit hospitals' tax benefit across states, its high concentration among a small number of hospitals, and the primary role played by state and local taxes. Policy efforts to strengthen nonprofit hospitals' taxpayer accountability are likely to be more effective when pursued at the local level. The detailed standardized estimation road map can be used by various stakeholders to estimate tax benefit for external valuation and reporting purposes, updated as laws change, and improved upon as better data sources become available.","PeriodicalId":518009,"journal":{"name":"JAMA","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142325058","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JAMAPub Date : 2024-09-26DOI: 10.1001/jama.2024.17414
Pat Hoddinott,Stephan U Dombrowski,Frank Kee
{"title":"Weight Loss Maintenance After Financial Incentives End-Reply.","authors":"Pat Hoddinott,Stephan U Dombrowski,Frank Kee","doi":"10.1001/jama.2024.17414","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2024.17414","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":518009,"journal":{"name":"JAMA","volume":"42 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142325000","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}