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RIMS-IBC

SEPTEMBER 2014

Volume 97, Number 9

Complete issue

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About RIMJ

For Authors
• Contributors
• Letters to the Editor

For Advertisers

Editor-in-Chief
Joseph H. Friedman, MD

Associate Editor
Sun Ho Ahn, MD

Editor Emeritus
Stanley M. Aronson, MD

Managing Editor
Mary Korr

Graphic Designer
Marianne Migliori

	25-page Special Section MEDICAL EDUCATION Allan R. Tunkel, MD, PhD, MACP *Guest Editor*

21	Health Disparities Education – The Time Is Now Allan R. Tunkel, MD, PhD, MACP
22	Health Disparity Curriculum at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University Matthew Erlich, MD’16; Rachel Blake, MD’16; Luba Dumenco, MD; Jordan White, MD, MPH; Richard H. Dollase, EdD; Paul George, MD, MHPE
26	Teaching and Addressing Health Disparities Through the Family Medicine Social And Community Context of Care Project Jordan White, MD, MPH; Jessica Heney, MD; Angela Y. Esquibel, MD’15; Camia Dimock, MD; Roberta Goldman, PhD; David Anthony, MD, MSc
31	Building A Workforce of Physicians to Care for Underserved Patients David Anthony, MD, MSc; Fadya El Rayess, MD, MPH; Angela Y. Esquibel, MD’15; Paul George, MD, MHPE; Julie Scott Taylor, MD, MSc
36	Future Health Disparity Initiatives at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University Leah Rappaport, MD’16; Natasha Coleman, MD’16; Luba Dumenco, MD; Elizabeth Tobin-Tyler, JD; Richard H. Dollase, EdD; Paul George, MD, MHPE
40	Addressing Health Disparities: Brown University School of Public Health Terrie Fox Wetle, MS, PhD; Karen Scanlan

	IMAGES IN MEDICINE
45	Pulmonary Zygomycosis in a Diabetic Patient: Treated with Pneumonectomy and Antifungal Agents Ahmed Mahmood, MD; Michael Chaump, MD; Bettina Knoll, MD; Bassam Aswad, MD

	PUBLIC HEALTH
47	HEALTH BY NUMBERS: Rhode Island Tick-Borne Disease Surveillance Summary 2012–2013 Melody Lawrence, BS, MPA (Candidate); Daniela N. Quilliam, MPH; Utpala Bandy, MD, MPH; John P. Fulton, PhD; Theodore P. Marak, MPH; Abby Berns, MPH
52	Vital Statistics Colleen A. Fontana, State Registrar

	COMMENTARY (10-page section)
7	Jaundiced Eye JOSEPH H. FRIEDMAN, MD
10	The Affirming Ties That Bind Us STANLEY M. ARONSON, MD
13	Re-thinking the ‘Two-Midnight’ Rule: The Challenge of Regulating Hospital Admission Benjamin C. Silver, BA

	LETTERS
17	Misclassification of Emergency Department Visits Distracts from the Real Issue Michael H. Lee, MD, MS; Megan L. Ranney, MD, MPH; Brian J. Zink, MD
	‘Profiling algorithm flawed’ Daren Girard, MD
18	The Author's Reply Yongwen Jiang, PhD; Ana P. Novais, MA; Samara Viner-Brown, MS; Michael Fine, MD

	RIMJ AROUND THE WORLD
20	We are read everywhere

	RIMS NEWS (2-page section)
51	Not Your Father’s Annual Meeting
51	RIMWA: Annual Lecture
51	Working for You
52	Why You Should Join RIMS

	SPOTLIGHT
53	Medical Student Congressional Candidate: Q&A with Stanford Tran Adam E. M. Eltorai, MD’16

	PEOPLE/PLACES (6-page section)
62	Appointments, Recognition, Obituaries

	PHYSICIAN'S LEXICON, HERITAGE (4-page section)
68	The Ancient Vocabulary of Medical Prescriptions STANLEY M. ARONSON, MD
70	1950: RI Physicians Prepare for the Atomic Age MARY KORR

	IN THE NEWS (complete 7-page section)
55	Dr. Wael Asaad awarded $486,000 to study neural transitions in PD
	Butler, Kent Hospitals providing Narcan to overdose patients
56	Opioid prescription data now available on Dept. of Health website
57	Memorial Physician Co-Authors New York Times Op-Ed on alternative approach to treating Ebola
	New prescribed food insurance law will allow affordable treatment for rare diseases
	Electric vehicle license plates will protect first responders
59	Editorial by Women & Infants surgeon published in Obstetrics & Gynecology
	Dr. Anderson publishes letter on embryo transfer policies
60	Affinity Internal Medicine opens in Pawtucket

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