LAURA H. CYPHERS

This Viewpoint posits suggestions to reform electronic health records (EHRs), including use of unique personal safety identifiers, reduction of administrative and regulatory content from clinical time, inclusion of patient-entered information into the EHR, and reinvention of the clinical note.
Source: JAMA Online First

This Viewpoint discusses the recently announced monthly Medicare Part B premium hike and the limited role beneficiaries play in decisions about their coverage, and proposes ways to engage Medicare beneficiaries in program decisions.
Source: JAMA Online First

After increasing in prevalence during the early months of 2023, the Omicron descendent XBB.1.16 is now a variant of interest, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced. XBB.1.16, a combination of 2 BA.2 lineages, accounted for 4.15% of COVID-19 cases worldwide as of the week of March 27, up from 0.52% 4 weeks prior. More than 30 countries have reported XBB.1.16 cases, the majority of which are in India.
Source: JAMA Online First

Although a disproportionate number of mpox cases—between 35% and 47%, according to some studies—occur in people who also have HIV infection, research comparing the safety and outcomes of mpox treatments in patients with and without HIV is lacking.
Source: JAMA Online First

This Medical News article discusses advancements in understanding and characterizing autism over the past 20 years.
Source: JAMA Online First

This Medical News article is an interview with ECCMID program director Jacob Moran-Gilad, MD, MPH.
Source: JAMA Online First

This Medical News article discusses challenges to treatment of post–COVID-19 condition in primary care.
Source: JAMA Online First

This Arts and Medicine feature reviews The Mould That Changed the World, a musical about the history of penicillin that uses fringe set design, eccentric staging, and quirky lyrics to teach audiences the importance of antimicrobial stewardship.
Source: JAMA Online First

This Viewpoint considers the best approaches for treating obesity in youth and argues that better funding is needed for new dietary treatments and reimbursement for behavioral interventions.
Source: JAMA Online First

This cluster randomized clinical trial compares the effectiveness of the Parent-focused Redesign for Encounters, Newborns to Toddlers (PARENT) intervention at well-child care visits for parents with children younger than 2 years of age vs usual care.
Source: JAMA Online First