Annals of Internal Medicine Podcast

2011 adult immunization guidelines; interview with Gregory Poland, MD, of the Mayo Clinic; plus a summary of all articles in the issue.

[PDF] Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule: United States, 2011

General summary of this issue's articles, including studies on storytelling to improve blood pressure, surveillance for liver cancer in HCV patients, and missing data in clinical trials. Annals editor Christine Laine, MD, MPH, guest hosts.

Primary care-medical speciality interactions; interview with Hal F. Yee, MD, PhD, of the University of California San Francisco and San Francisco General Hospital; plus a summary of all the issue's articles.

Radiographic imaging: evaluating its benefits and consequences; excerpts from presentations by William Black, MD, of Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, and Peter Bach, MD, MAPP, of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, from a recent conference on Methodological Challenges in Comparative Effectiveness Research; plus a summary of all articles in the issue.

Contemporary management of atrial fibrillation; interview with Tristram Bahnson, MD, of Duke University Medical Center; plus a summary of all the issue's articles.

Meaningful use of electronic health records; interview with Dr. Sachin Jain, MD, MBA, of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology; "Memoirs of an Obese Physician" by Joseph Majdan, MD; plus a summary of all the issue's articles.

A review of electronic cigarettes; interview with Asaf Bitton, MD, MPH, of Harvard Medical School; plus a summary of all the issue's articles.

Summary of this issue's articles, plus a sampling of reader responses to "The Affordable Care Act and the Future of Clinical Medicine: The Opportunities and Challenges," by Kocher, Emanuel, and DeParle.

Summary of this issue's articles, plus excerpts describing new research about the costs of malpractice and malpractice reform from a conference about Medical Liability and Emergency Care.

Vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque as a risk factor for coronary events; interview with Alawai Alsheikh-Ali, MD, MS, and Stanley Ip, MD, of Tufts University School of Medicine; plus a summary of all the issue's articles.

Low-carbohydrate diets and mortality; interview with Martijn Katan, PhD, of VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; plus a summary of all the issue's articles.

General summary of this issue's articles, including studies on medical error disclosure, quality of care of HCV infected patients, and treatment of rotator cuff tears. Annals editor Christine Laine, MD, MPH, guest hosts.

Mild cognitive impairment and dementia; interview with Michael Rafii, MD, PhD, of the University of California San Diego; plus a summary of all the issue's articles.

Opening progress notes to patients; interview with Jan Walker, RN, MBA, and Thomas Delbanco, MD, of Harvard Medical School; plus a summary of all articles in the issue.