Journal of General Internal Medicine
@journalgim.bsky.social
We are a comprehensive journal that matches the broad scope of general internal medicine (GIM) and we aim to promote advancements in clinical and health services research, medical education, and clinical practice in Internal Medicine.
💊 Polypharmacy isn’t just a byproduct of multimorbidity—it’s a chronic condition in its own right. It deserves proactive, patient-centered care and diagnosis. #JGIM #Polypharmacy @WaseemJerjes
December 16, 2025 at 5:05 PM
💊 Polypharmacy isn’t just a byproduct of multimorbidity—it’s a chronic condition in its own right. It deserves proactive, patient-centered care and diagnosis. #JGIM #Polypharmacy @WaseemJerjes
Billed TCM codes can reduce chance of ER or 30-day readmissions for dual-eligible beneficiaries. Read more in this article by @jakiyama10s
December 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Billed TCM codes can reduce chance of ER or 30-day readmissions for dual-eligible beneficiaries. Read more in this article by @jakiyama10s
In this new #JGIM #OriginalResearch article, cardiovascular care delivery & risk factor control in patients with #CoronaryArteryDisease or #HeartFailure did not differ between those with limited English proficiency & English speakers
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
December 14, 2025 at 11:00 PM
In this new #JGIM #OriginalResearch article, cardiovascular care delivery & risk factor control in patients with #CoronaryArteryDisease or #HeartFailure did not differ between those with limited English proficiency & English speakers
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
This new #JGIM #ConciseResearchReport highlights how utilization of supplemental breast MRI is increasing regardless of breast cancer risk
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December 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
This new #JGIM #ConciseResearchReport highlights how utilization of supplemental breast MRI is increasing regardless of breast cancer risk
Read more at the 🆓 full-text link ⬇️:
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Read more at the 🆓 full-text link ⬇️:
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"Science doesn’t need a louder defense; patients need stronger advocates"
Read more on how we can rebuild trust in healthcare in this #JGIM #Viewpoint at the 🆓 full-text link ⬇️:
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Read more on how we can rebuild trust in healthcare in this #JGIM #Viewpoint at the 🆓 full-text link ⬇️:
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December 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"Science doesn’t need a louder defense; patients need stronger advocates"
Read more on how we can rebuild trust in healthcare in this #JGIM #Viewpoint at the 🆓 full-text link ⬇️:
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Read more on how we can rebuild trust in healthcare in this #JGIM #Viewpoint at the 🆓 full-text link ⬇️:
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How can #art & #music inform clinical practice?
They can provide us the gift of listening intently, deeply, thoughtfully
Read the 🆓 full-text of this #JGIM #HealingArts article ⬇️:
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They can provide us the gift of listening intently, deeply, thoughtfully
Read the 🆓 full-text of this #JGIM #HealingArts article ⬇️:
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December 12, 2025 at 8:02 PM
How can #art & #music inform clinical practice?
They can provide us the gift of listening intently, deeply, thoughtfully
Read the 🆓 full-text of this #JGIM #HealingArts article ⬇️:
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They can provide us the gift of listening intently, deeply, thoughtfully
Read the 🆓 full-text of this #JGIM #HealingArts article ⬇️:
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How well can ChatGPT read an ECG?
This #JGIM #ConciseResearchReport from the University of Miami finds that while GPT-4o detects arrhythmias better than o1, both models frequently miss key diagnoses
Promising tech, but far from ready to replace expert review
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This #JGIM #ConciseResearchReport from the University of Miami finds that while GPT-4o detects arrhythmias better than o1, both models frequently miss key diagnoses
Promising tech, but far from ready to replace expert review
Read the 🆓 full-text ⬇️:
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December 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
How well can ChatGPT read an ECG?
This #JGIM #ConciseResearchReport from the University of Miami finds that while GPT-4o detects arrhythmias better than o1, both models frequently miss key diagnoses
Promising tech, but far from ready to replace expert review
Read the 🆓 full-text ⬇️:
rdcu.be/ePZux
This #JGIM #ConciseResearchReport from the University of Miami finds that while GPT-4o detects arrhythmias better than o1, both models frequently miss key diagnoses
Promising tech, but far from ready to replace expert review
Read the 🆓 full-text ⬇️:
rdcu.be/ePZux
Offering private health insurance to undocumented immigrants enabled more timely care, increasing preventive care, improving chronic disease management, and reducing reliance on emergency care.
Check out the #VisualAbstract & 🆓 full-text of this #JGIM #OriginalResearch article ⬇️:
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Check out the #VisualAbstract & 🆓 full-text of this #JGIM #OriginalResearch article ⬇️:
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December 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Offering private health insurance to undocumented immigrants enabled more timely care, increasing preventive care, improving chronic disease management, and reducing reliance on emergency care.
Check out the #VisualAbstract & 🆓 full-text of this #JGIM #OriginalResearch article ⬇️:
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Check out the #VisualAbstract & 🆓 full-text of this #JGIM #OriginalResearch article ⬇️:
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This #JGIM #OriginalResearch study demonstrated that confirmatory studies for drugs with conditional approvals in Canada experience significant delays in submission
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December 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
This #JGIM #OriginalResearch study demonstrated that confirmatory studies for drugs with conditional approvals in Canada experience significant delays in submission
Read the 🆓 full-text ⬇️:
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Check out this fantastic work published in our journal! How might AI affect you in primary care?
A new scoping review out in @journalgim.bsky.social examines the current state of #AI in primary care ft. Stacy Iannone, @kbjohnsonmd.bsky.social (@dbei-upenn.bsky.social) & Amarpreet Kaur (@chopresearch.bsky.social) @pennldi.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
December 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Check out this fantastic work published in our journal! How might AI affect you in primary care?
This #JGIM #Perspective describes practical steps for clinicians & policymakers to pave the way for pharmacy-dispensed methadone
🟢 Ensure insurance coverage
🟢 Removing it from the algorithms that limit the amount of controlled substances pharmacies can order
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🟢 Ensure insurance coverage
🟢 Removing it from the algorithms that limit the amount of controlled substances pharmacies can order
Read the 🆓 full-text ⬇️:
rdcu.be/ePZtj
December 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
This #JGIM #Perspective describes practical steps for clinicians & policymakers to pave the way for pharmacy-dispensed methadone
🟢 Ensure insurance coverage
🟢 Removing it from the algorithms that limit the amount of controlled substances pharmacies can order
Read the 🆓 full-text ⬇️:
rdcu.be/ePZtj
🟢 Ensure insurance coverage
🟢 Removing it from the algorithms that limit the amount of controlled substances pharmacies can order
Read the 🆓 full-text ⬇️:
rdcu.be/ePZtj
This #JGIM #ClinicalImage article teaches us that in up to 69% of patients, #angioedema can recur even after discontinuation of #ARB, with most recurrences occurring within 3 months
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December 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
This #JGIM #ClinicalImage article teaches us that in up to 69% of patients, #angioedema can recur even after discontinuation of #ARB, with most recurrences occurring within 3 months
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How do we train well-rounded IM docs & support individualized career paths? Meet Block 2.0 & Inpatient Threads, 2 #MedEd #Innovations from @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social Internal Med Residency. Read more from our team in @journalgim.bsky.social: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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December 2, 2025 at 9:17 PM
How do we train well-rounded IM docs & support individualized career paths? Meet Block 2.0 & Inpatient Threads, 2 #MedEd #Innovations from @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social Internal Med Residency. Read more from our team in @journalgim.bsky.social: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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@bobwachter.bsky.social
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New research in @journalgim.bsky.social reveals alarming staffing gaps in ICE detention facilities — over half of surveyed sites lacked continuous clinical coverage, and many had no behavioral health providers at all.
Read our Q&A with LDI Fellow @jnwadiuko.bsky.social: https://bit.ly/4rCXMaJ
Read our Q&A with LDI Fellow @jnwadiuko.bsky.social: https://bit.ly/4rCXMaJ
ICE Facilities Operated Without Qualified Health Staff
New research reveals a snapshot of staffing shortages and health care access in government-run immigration detention facilities.
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December 4, 2025 at 5:54 PM
New research in @journalgim.bsky.social reveals alarming staffing gaps in ICE detention facilities — over half of surveyed sites lacked continuous clinical coverage, and many had no behavioral health providers at all.
Read our Q&A with LDI Fellow @jnwadiuko.bsky.social: https://bit.ly/4rCXMaJ
Read our Q&A with LDI Fellow @jnwadiuko.bsky.social: https://bit.ly/4rCXMaJ
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CP3's @timandersonmd.bsky.social was lead author on this paper describing study results including that most hospitalized older adults discharged w/cardiometabolic 💊 changes experienced 💊 errors or gaps in discharge planning.
Read more @journalgim.bsky.social:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Read more @journalgim.bsky.social:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
December 8, 2025 at 6:55 PM
CP3's @timandersonmd.bsky.social was lead author on this paper describing study results including that most hospitalized older adults discharged w/cardiometabolic 💊 changes experienced 💊 errors or gaps in discharge planning.
Read more @journalgim.bsky.social:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Read more @journalgim.bsky.social:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
In this #JGIM #InnovationsInClinicalPractice article, a grassroots, #StudentLed intervention served as a vital resource to educate patients about little-known changes to health policy
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December 8, 2025 at 2:03 PM
In this #JGIM #InnovationsInClinicalPractice article, a grassroots, #StudentLed intervention served as a vital resource to educate patients about little-known changes to health policy
Read the 🆓 full-text ⬇️:
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Read the 🆓 full-text ⬇️:
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There have been quite a few policy changes to help limit out of pocket insulin costs but is it actually having an effect on how patients use and ration insulin? Find out by reading this outstanding work!
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Full text 👉 rdcu.be/ePZqi
December 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
There have been quite a few policy changes to help limit out of pocket insulin costs but is it actually having an effect on how patients use and ration insulin? Find out by reading this outstanding work!
Full text 👉 rdcu.be/ePZqi
Full text 👉 rdcu.be/ePZqi
This retrospective cohort study looked at how effective their Hospitalist-led Consult service was for patients with opioid use disorder. Could this work at your institution ?
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Outcomes of a Hospitalist-Led Consult Service for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder: A Propensity Score Weighted Study
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December 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
This retrospective cohort study looked at how effective their Hospitalist-led Consult service was for patients with opioid use disorder. Could this work at your institution ?
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"Our collective goal should be for individuals to feel they are heard, validated, & part of a system that values feedback." While no one would disagree with this, it can be hard to enact.
Check out this article that addresses how to do this through a restorative lens.
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Check out this article that addresses how to do this through a restorative lens.
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Addressing Patients’ Experiences of Bias with a Restorative Lens
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December 5, 2025 at 10:02 PM
"Our collective goal should be for individuals to feel they are heard, validated, & part of a system that values feedback." While no one would disagree with this, it can be hard to enact.
Check out this article that addresses how to do this through a restorative lens.
Full Text 👉 rdcu.be/ePZq5
Check out this article that addresses how to do this through a restorative lens.
Full Text 👉 rdcu.be/ePZq5
GLP-1 agonists are revolutionizing weight loss & diabetes care, but raise concerns over equity, cost, shortages, and misuse. This work calls for ethical prescribing, patient education & fair access policies. Check it out below!
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Ethical Considerations in the Use of Weight Loss Medications
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December 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
GLP-1 agonists are revolutionizing weight loss & diabetes care, but raise concerns over equity, cost, shortages, and misuse. This work calls for ethical prescribing, patient education & fair access policies. Check it out below!
Full text👉 rdcu.be/ePZnB
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Check out Part 1 of the VA's Long COVID Clinical Guidance which covers evidence-informed recommendations for nervous system-related symptoms in Veterans! It is impressive and extensive!!
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Synopsis of 2024 VA Long COVID Clinical Guidance for U.S. Veterans: Part 1, Nervous System–Related Symptoms
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December 5, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Check out Part 1 of the VA's Long COVID Clinical Guidance which covers evidence-informed recommendations for nervous system-related symptoms in Veterans! It is impressive and extensive!!
Full text 👉 rdcu.be/ePZpN
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Meaningful engagement of patients in the research process is a growing component of learning health systems, but few studies have examined efforts to facilitate or foster patient-engaged research. Here is one great example from the VA!
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December 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Meaningful engagement of patients in the research process is a growing component of learning health systems, but few studies have examined efforts to facilitate or foster patient-engaged research. Here is one great example from the VA!
Full text 👉 rdcu.be/ePZhj
Full text 👉 rdcu.be/ePZhj
In patients flagged by EHR query based on codes & med lists as having A-fib but no anticoagulation, nearly half weren’t amenable for a stroke reduction strategy & only 22% were likely amenable. Quality efforts relying on such queries may be misleading
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December 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM
In patients flagged by EHR query based on codes & med lists as having A-fib but no anticoagulation, nearly half weren’t amenable for a stroke reduction strategy & only 22% were likely amenable. Quality efforts relying on such queries may be misleading
cc: @AlokKap90329510
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cc: @AlokKap90329510
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This outstanding work by Carlone Sloan & team qualitatively explored the lived experiences of adults with multimorbidity to develop a framework to describe financial strain!
Full text 👉 rdcu.be/eOQyp and visual abstract below!
Full text 👉 rdcu.be/eOQyp and visual abstract below!
December 1, 2025 at 4:01 PM
This outstanding work by Carlone Sloan & team qualitatively explored the lived experiences of adults with multimorbidity to develop a framework to describe financial strain!
Full text 👉 rdcu.be/eOQyp and visual abstract below!
Full text 👉 rdcu.be/eOQyp and visual abstract below!
Take a look at this #JGIM article examining the effectiveness of mailed letters to activate patients towards blood pressure control. Work done at @UCSF DGIM under mentorship of @markjpletcher @mikekwcheng
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Effectiveness of Mailed Patient Activation Letters for Blood Pressure Control: A Randomized Quality Improvement Trial
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November 29, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Take a look at this #JGIM article examining the effectiveness of mailed letters to activate patients towards blood pressure control. Work done at @UCSF DGIM under mentorship of @markjpletcher @mikekwcheng
Read here:
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