IN THIS ISSUE OF JAMA
Audio Highlights
Audio Editors' Summary: Mobile Stroke Units and Stroke Outcomes, Yield of Exome Sequencing for Cerebral Palsy, USPSTF Guideline on Screening for Carotid Artery Stenosis, and more
ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION
Association Between County-Level Change in Economic Prosperity and Change in Cardiovascular Mortality Among Middle-aged US Adults
Sameed Ahmed M. Khatana, MD, MPH; Atheendar S. Venkataramani, MD, PhD; Ashwin S. Nathan, MD; et al.
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Editorial: Economic Prosperity and Cardiovascular Mortality: Further Evidence That All Policy Is Health Policy; William B. Weeks, MD, PhD, MBA; James N. Weinstein, DO, MS
Association Between Dispatch of Mobile Stroke Units and Functional Outcomes Among Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke in Berlin
Martin Ebinger, MD; Bob Siegerink, PhD; Alexander Kunz, MD; et al.
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Editorial: Improving Stroke Treatment and Outcomes With Mobile Stroke Units; Kristi G. Bache, PhD; James C. Grotta, MD
Molecular Diagnostic Yield of Exome Sequencing in Patients With Cerebral Palsy
Andrés Moreno-De-Luca, MD; Francisca Millan, MD; Denis R. Pesacreta, BS; et al.
RESEARCH LETTER
Telehealth Use Among Safety-Net Organizations in California During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Lori Uscher-Pines, PhD, MSc; Jessica Sousa, MSW, MPH; Maggie Jones, MPH; et al.
Conversations with Dr Bauchner: Ensuring Quality in the Era of Virtual Care
Editorial: Virtual Care, Telemedicine Visits, and Real Connection in the Era of COVID-19: Unforeseen Opportunity in the Face of Adversity ; Donna M. Zulman, MD, MS; Abraham Verghese, MD
Screening for Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis in the General Population: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force
Janelle M. Guirguis-Blake, MD; Elizabeth M. Webber, MS; Erin L. Coppola, MPH
Conversations with Dr Bauchner: USPSTF Recommendation: Carotid Artery Stenosis
Editorial: USPSTF Recommendations for Screening for Carotid Stenosis to Prevent Stroke—The Need for More Data; Rebecca Smith-Bindman, MD; Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS
Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infections Among Persons Entering China From April 16 to October 12, 2020
Ruiqi Ren, MD; Yanping Zhang, MD; Qun Li, MD; et al.
US PREVENTIVE SERVICES TASK FORCE
Recommendation Statement
Screening for Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement
US Preventive Services Task Force
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Research Letter: Screening for Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis in the General Population ; Janelle M. Guirguis-Blake, MD; Elizabeth M. Webber, MS; Erin L. Coppola, MPH
JAMA Editorial: Screening for Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis; Larry B. Goldstein, MD
JAMA Internal Medicine Editorial: Screening for Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis in Adult Patients: Unclear Benefit but Downstream Risks; Salomeh Keyhani, MD, MPH; Eric M. Cheng, MD
JAMA Neurology Editorial: To Screen or Not to Screen for Carotid Stenosis; Seemant Chaturvedi, MD
JAMA Patient Page: Screening for Carotid Artery Stenosis; Jill Jin, MD, MPH
Conversations with Dr Bauchner: USPSTF Recommendation: Carotid Artery Stenosis
VIEWPOINT
Health Policy
Reducing Administrative Waste in the US Health Care System
Robert P. Kocher, MD
Conversations with Dr Bauchner: Health Care Reform in the Biden Era
Ensuring Quality in the Era of Virtual Care
Kurt R. Herzer, MD, PhD, MSc; Peter J. Pronovost, MD, PhD
Conversations with Dr Bauchner: Ensuring Quality in the Era of Virtual Care
Paying for Telemedicine After the Pandemic
Ateev Mehrotra, MD; R. Sacha Bhatia, MD; Centaine L. Snoswell, PhD
Conversations with Dr Bauchner: Ensuring Quality in the Era of Virtual Care
Obesity Management in Women of Reproductive Age
S. Michelle Ogunwole, MD; Chloe A. Zera, MD, MPH; Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, MPA
A PIECE OF MY MIND
The In-between
Jessica L. Colburn, MD
EDITORIAL
Virtual Care, Telemedicine Visits, and Real Connection in the Era of COVID-19: Unforeseen Opportunity in the Face of Adversity
Donna M. Zulman, MD, MS; Abraham Verghese, MD
Conversations with Dr Bauchner: Ensuring Quality in the Era of Virtual Care
Economic Prosperity and Cardiovascular Mortality: Further Evidence That All Policy Is Health Policy
William B. Weeks, MD, PhD, MBA; James N. Weinstein, DO, MS
Improving Stroke Treatment and Outcomes With Mobile Stroke Units
Kristi G. Bache, PhD; James C. Grotta, MD
Screening for Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis: Lack of Clinical Benefit, Potential for Harm
Larry B. Goldstein, MD
Conversations with Dr Bauchner: USPSTF Recommendation: Carotid Artery Stenosis
JAMA CLINICAL GUIDELINES SYNOPSIS
Management of Immunotherapy-Related Toxicities in Patients Treated With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy
Pankti D. Reid, MD, MPH; Adam S. Cifu, MD; Anne R. Bass, MD
Audio Clinical Review: Management of Immunotherapy-Related Toxicities
JAMA DIAGNOSTIC TEST INTERPRETATION
APOE ɛ4 Allele Testing and Risk of Alzheimer Disease
Parichita Choudhury, MD, MSc; Vijay K Ramanan, MD, PhD; Bradley F. Boeve, MD
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MEDICAL NEWS & PERSPECTIVES
Therapists Donate Their Time to Counsel Distressed Health Care Workers
Mary Chris Jaklevic, MSJ
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NEWS FROM THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
Adjuvant Therapy Approved for NSCLC
Rebecca Voelker, MSJ
Tighter Requirements to Ensure Safer Opioid Prescribing
Rebecca Voelker, MSJ
Dedicated Device Permits Less Invasive Pancreatic Surgery
Rebecca Voelker, MSJ
THE JAMA FORUM
Dying Poor in the US—Disparities in End-of-Life Care
Melissa W. Wachterman, MD, MPH, MSc; Benjamin D. Sommers, MD, PhD
BENCH TO BEDSIDE
Autoantibodies May Drive COVID-19 Blood Clots
Tracy Hampton, PhD
THE ARTS AND MEDICINE
Innocence in America—Reading James Baldwin in 2020
Alok A. Khorana, MD
POETRY AND MEDICINE
I Dream of Animals During the Pandemic
M. Cynthia Cheung, MD
JAMA REVISITED
Current Comment
JAMA PATIENT PAGE
Screening for Carotid Artery Stenosis
Jill Jin, MD, MPH
Conversations with Dr Bauchner: USPSTF Recommendation: Carotid Artery Stenosis
AUDIO
Audio Editors' Summary
Mobile Stroke Units and Stroke Outcomes, Yield of Exome Sequencing for Cerebral Palsy, USPSTF Guideline on Screening for Carotid Artery Stenosis, and more
Conversations with Dr Bauchner
USPSTF Recommendation: Carotid Artery Stenosis
Conversations with Dr Bauchner
Ensuring Quality in the Era of Virtual Care
Audio Clinical Review
Management of Immunotherapy-Related Toxicities
COMMENT & RESPONSE
Determination of Brain Death
Christos Lazaridis, MD, EDIC; L. Syd M. Johnson, PhD
Determination of Brain Death
Emily T. Cohen, MD; Robert S. Hoffman, MD
Determination of Brain Death
Sérgio Brasil, MD, PhD; Ricardo de Carvalho Nogueira, MD, PhD; Marcelo de-Lima-Oliveira, MD, MSc
Determination of Brain Death
Trevor M. Bibler, PhD; Alison Suen, PhD
Determination of Brain Death—Reply
Gene Sung, MD, MPH; Ariane Lewis, MD; David Greer, MD, MA
CORRECTION
Errors in Figure Labels
JAMA MASTHEAD
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