JAMA Network Open
Original Investigation
Geriatrics
February 15, 2022
Thomas R. Radomski, MD, MS; Alison Decker, MPH; Dmitry Khodyakov, PhD; Carolyn T. Thorpe, PhD, MPH; Joseph T. Hanlon, PharmD, MS; Mark S. Roberts, MD, MPP; Michael J . Fine , MD, MSc; Walid F. Gellad, MD, MPH
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JAMA Netw Open. 2022; 5(2):e2148599. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.48599This qualitative study describes the process of building EVOLV-Rx (Evaluating Opportunities to Decrease Low-Value Prescribing) with a panel of clinicians, deprescribing experts, health care leaders, and other stakeholders.
JAMA Network Open
Original Investigation
Cardiology
July 28, 2021
Utibe R. Essien, MD, MPH; Nadejda Kim, MA; Leslie R. M. Hausmann, PhD, MS; Maria K. Mor, PhD; Chester B. Good, MD, MPH; Jared W. Magnani, MD, MSc; Terrence M. A. Litam, MHA; Walid F. Gellad, MD, MPH; Michael J . Fine , MD, MSc
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JAMA Netw Open. 2021; 4(7):e2114234. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.14234This cohort study uses data from the Veterans Health Administration system to compare rates of initiation of anticoagulant therapy by race/ethnicity.
JAMA Network Open
Original Investigation
Health Policy
December 3, 2020
Amal N. Trivedi, MD, MPH; Lan Jiang, MS; Gabriella Silva, MS; Wen-Chih Wu, MD; Vincent Mor, PhD; Michael J . Fine , MD, MSc; Nancy R. Kressin, PhD; Roee Gutman, PhD
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JAMA Netw Open. 2020; 3(12):e2024345. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.24345This cross-sectional study evaluates changes in Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers’ risk-standardized mortality rates among veterans hospitalized for heart failure and pneumonia after adjusting for socioeconomic factors.
JAMA Network Open
Original Investigation
Health Policy
September 22, 2020
Thomas R. Radomski, MD, MS; Robert Feldman, MS; Yan Huang, MS; Florentina E. Sileanu, MS; Carolyn T. Thorpe, PhD, MPH; Joshua M. Thorpe, PhD, MPH; Michael J . Fine , MD, MSc; Walid F. Gellad, MD, MPH
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JAMA Netw Open. 2020; 3(9):e2016445. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.16445This cohort study assesses the frequency and variation in low-value diagnostic testing for low back pain, headache, syncope, and sinusitis in the Veterans Health Administration.
JAMA Internal Medicine
Original Investigation
March 1, 2020
Gabriella C. Silva, MA; Lan Jiang, MS; Roee Gutman, PhD; Wen-Chih Wu, MD; Vincent Mor, PhD; Michael J . Fine , MD, MSc; Nancy R. Kressin, PhD; Amal N. Trivedi, MD, MPH
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JAMA Intern Med. 2020; 180(3):347-355. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.5970This observational time-trend study compares trends in 30-day mortality rates among veterans hospitalized with heart failure and pneumonia when claims-based vs clinical variables are used in risk-adjustment models.
JAMA
From the JAMA Network
December 20, 2016
Jonathan S. Lee, MD; Daniel L. Giesler, MD, PharmD; Michael J . Fine , MD, MSc
JAMA. 2016; 316(23):2544-2545. doi: 10.1001/jama.2016.17589This commentary discusses a noninferiority randomized trial published in JAMA Internal Medicine that concluded that guidelines recommending that duration of antibiotic treatment be based on clinical stability criteria and can be safely implemented in hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia.
JAMA
Comment & Response
July 19, 2016
Thomas R. Radomski, MD; Michael J . Fine , MD, MSc; Walid F. Gellad, MD, MPH
JAMA. 2016; 316(3):345-346. doi: 10.1001/jama.2016.5391
JAMA
Comment & Response
July 12, 2016
Jonathan S. Lee, MD; Daniel L. Giesler, MD, PharmD; Michael J . Fine , MD, MSc
JAMA. 2016; 316(2):222-223. doi: 10.1001/jama.2016.5028
JAMA
Review
February 9, 2016
Jonathan S. Lee, MD; Daniel L. Giesler, MD, PharmD; Walid F. Gellad, MD, MPH; Michael J . Fine , MD, MSc
JAMA. 2016; 315(6):593-602. doi: 10.1001/jama.2016.0115This systematic review characterizes associations between 3 aspects of antibiotic therapy (optimal time to antibiotic initiation, initial antibiotic selection, and criteria for the transition from intravenous to oral therapy) and short-term mortality in adults hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia.
JAMA Pediatrics
Original Investigation
November 1, 2015
Brian A. Primack, MD, PhD; Samir Soneji, PhD; Michael Stoolmiller, PhD; Michael J . Fine , MD, MSc; James D. Sargent, MD
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JAMA Pediatr. 2015; 169(11):1018-1023. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2015.1742This national longitudinal cohort study of US adolescents and young adults finds that the use of e-cigarettes is associated with progression to traditional cigarette smoking.
JAMA Internal Medicine
Original Investigation
Less Is More
January 1, 2015
Walid F. Gellad, MD, MPH; Xinhua Zhao, PhD; Carolyn T. Thorpe, PhD, MPH; Maria K. Mor, PhD; Chester B. Good, MD, MPH; Michael J . Fine , MD, MSc
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JAMA Intern Med. 2015; 175(1):26-34. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.5405This cross-sectional, retrospective cohort study found that veterans who receive glucose test strips through both the Department of Veterans Affairs and Medicare use more strips and are more likely to overuse strips.
JAMA Internal Medicine
Invited Commentary
December 1, 2014
Jonathan S. Lee, MD; Michael J . Fine , MD, MSc
JAMA Intern Med. 2014; 174(12):1901-1903. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.3996
JAMA Internal Medicine
Original Investigation
November 1, 2014
Jonathan S. Lee, MD; Wato Nsa, MD, PhD; Leslie R. M. Hausmann, PhD; Amal N. Trivedi, MD, MPH; Dale W. Bratzler, DO, MPH; Dana Auden, MS; Maria K. Mor, PhD; Kristie Baus, RN, MS; Fiona M. Larbi, RN, BSN, CPAN; Michael J . Fine , MD, MSc
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JAMA Intern Med. 2014; 174(11):1806-1814. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.4501Lee and coauthors report that performance of processes of care for elderly patients hospitalized for pneumonia improved substantially from 2006 to 2010.
JAMA
Original Investigation
June 4, 2014
Eric M. Mortensen, MD, MSc; Ethan A. Halm, MD, MPH; Mary Jo Pugh, PhD; Laurel A. Copeland, PhD; Mark Metersky, MD; Michael J . Fine , MD, MSc; Christopher S. Johnson, MPH; Carlos A. Alvarez, PharmD, MSc; Christopher R. Frei, PharmD, MSc; Chester Good, MD; Marcos I. Restrepo, MD, MSc; John R. Downs, MD; Antonio Anzueto, MD
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JAMA. 2014; 311(21):2199-2208. doi: 10.1001/jama.2014.4304Mortensen and coauthors conducted a retrospective cohort study to examine the association of azithromycin use with all-cause mortality and cardiovascular events among 73 690 patients hospitalized with pneumonia at Veterans Administration acute care hospitals.
JAMA
Editorial
September 9, 2009
Donald M. Yealy, MD; Michael J . Fine , MD, MSc
JAMA. 2009; 302(10):1115-1116. doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1318
JAMA Internal Medicine
Original Investigation
February 9, 2009
Drahomir Aujesky, MD, MSc; Maria K. Mor, PhD; Ming Geng, MS; Roslyn A. Stone, PhD; Michael J . Fine , MD, MSc; Said A. Ibrahim, MD, MPH
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Arch Intern Med. 2009; 169(3):287-293. doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2008.546
JAMA Psychiatry
Original Article
February 1, 2009
Brian A. Primack, MD, EdM, MS; Brandi Swanier, BA; Anna M. Georgiopoulos, MD; Stephanie R. Land, PhD; Michael J . Fine , MD, MSc
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Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2009; 66(2):181-188. doi: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2008.532
JAMA Internal Medicine
Original Investigation
November 10, 2008
Said A. Ibrahim, MD, MPH; Roslyn A. Stone, PhD; D. Scott Obrosky, MSc; Ming Geng, MSc; Michael J . Fine , MD, MSc; Drahomir Aujesky, MD, MSc
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Arch Intern Med. 2008; 168(20):2183-2190. doi: 10.1001/archinte.168.20.2183
JAMA Internal Medicine
Original Investigation
June 23, 2008
Steven D. Weisbord, MD, MSc; Maria K. Mor, PhD; Abby L. Resnick, MA; Kathryn C. Hartwig, MA; Ali F. Sonel, MD; Michael J . Fine , MD, MSc; Paul M. Palevsky, MD
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Arch Intern Med. 2008; 168(12):1325-1332. doi: 10.1001/archinte.168.12.1325
JAMA Internal Medicine
Original Investigation
April 14, 2008
Drahomir Aujesky, MD, MSc; Roslyn A. Stone, PhD; Sunghee Kim, MS; Elsa J. Crick, MS; Michael J . Fine , MD, MSc
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Arch Intern Med. 2008; 168(7):706-712. doi: 10.1001/archinte.168.7.706