LAURA H. CYPHERS

This Viewpoint discusses the gap between clinical medical ethics and some business practices related to patient data sharing and secondary use of data by corporations.
Source: JAMA Online First

This Viewpoint explains how some hospitals used home monitoring of pulse oximetry during the COVID-19 pandemic to avoid patient overcrowding and control high patient to staff ratios and how increased use of home monitoring for other vital signs could potentially improve patient safety and decrease costs.
Source: JAMA Online First

This Viewpoint investigates how products developed from taxpayer investment should be managed and made accessible, and how updating the Bayh-Dole Act could help accomplish these goals.
Source: JAMA Online First

Timely topics discussed at the AHA/ASA’s International Stroke Conference included giving stroke patients intra-arterial alteplase following successful thrombectomy.
Source: JAMA Online First

This Medical News article discusses ongoing misinformation that COVID-19 vaccines affect fertility and pregnancy outcomes.
Source: JAMA Online First

This Viewpoint reviews the history of over-the-counter rescue inhalers and outlines why they again should be made available to patients with asthma without prescription from a physician.
Source: JAMA Online First

This prospective cohort study compares the risk of posttraumatic stress disorder among family members of patients with COVID-19-related acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) vs ARDS from other causes.
Source: JAMA Online First

This study examines hospitalizations and deaths associated with the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant compared with matched patients infected with the Delta variant.
Source: JAMA Online First

This Viewpoint discusses the differences in disease expression, communication challenges, how complexity confounds the diagnostic process, the risks of ageism, and what defines diagnostic excellence for older adults.
Source: JAMA Online First

This Medical News feature looks at the problem of physicians espousing COVID-19 claims for which evidence is lacking.
Source: JAMA Online First