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April 2015

Volume 98, Number 4

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About RIMJ

For Authors
• Contributors
• Letters to the Editor

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Editor-in-Chief
Joseph H. Friedman, MD

Associate Editor
Sun Ho Ahn, MD

Managing Editor
Mary Korr

Graphic Designer
Marianne Migliori

	16-page Special Section Transitions/end-of-life Care in RI Guest Editor: Renée R. Shield, PhD

14	Journeys in Long-Term Care RENÉE R. SHIELD, PhD
15	Healthcare Transitions of Older Adults: An Overview for the General Practitioner LIDIA VOGNAR, MD; NADIA MUJAHID, MD
19	Health Care Transitions: Perceptions from Older Patients in Rhode Island RENÉE R. SHIELD, PhD; KALI S. THOMAS, MA, PhD; RACHEL RATCHFORD, ScB
23	The Goals of Care Conversation: A tool to improve patient care in the nursing home at the end of life EDWARD W. MARTIN, MD, MPH
26	Hospice and Palliative Care in Nursing Homes: Challenges and Opportunities for Enhanced Access SUSAN C. MILLER, PhD

	CONTRIBUTIONS
30	Comparison of Substance-Use Prevalence among Rhode Island and The Miriam Hospital Emergency Department Patients toState and National General Population Prevalence Estimates VERA L. BERNARDINO, BSC, RN; JANETTE R. BAIRD, PhD; TAO LIU, PhD; ROLAND C. MERCHANT, MD, MPH, ScD
35	Training Family Medicine Residents to Build and Remodel a Patient Centered Medical Home in Rhode Island: A Team Based Approach to PCMH Education RABIN CHANDRAN, MD; CHRISTOPHER FUREY, MD; ARNOLD GOLDBERG, MD; DAVID ASHLEY, MD; GOWRI ANANDARAJAH, MD

	EMERGENCY MEDICINE RESIDENCY CPC
42	Too Weak to Move WENDY H. WONG, MD; NATHAN HUDEPOHL, MD; BRUCE BECKER, MD; WILLIAM BINDER, MD

	PUBLIC HEALTH
57	HEALTH BY NUMBERS: Uninsurance is only half the problem: Underinsurance and healthcare-related financial burden in RI DORA DUMONT, PhD, MPH; TARA COOPER, MPH; YONGWEN JIANG, PhD
65	Vital Statistics Colleen A. Fontana, State Registrar

	COMMENTARY
8	Brain Warfare: Primates To Humans? JOSEPH H. FRIEDMAN, MD

	RIMJ AROUND THE WORLD
11	We are read everywhere Sausalito San Diego Austin

	RIMS NEWS (4-page section)
52	Working for You
54	Why You Should Join RIMS

	PEOPLE (5-page section)
65	Appointments Recognition Obituaries

	BOOKS
70	New Book Explores Acceptance and Mindfulness Therapy for Psychosis A look at applying a novel form of psychotherapy offering new hope for patients with psychosis

	HERITAGE
72	100 Years Ago: First EKG Machine Arrives in RI Dr. Frank Taylor Fulton buys it himself and installs at RIH MARY KORR

	IN THE NEWS (complete 10-page section)
56	Dr. Alexander-Scott Named Director of the Department of Health
	Rhode Island Hospital Offers First Fellowship in Addiction Medicine in RI
57	Brain Day Showcases Clinical, Basic Research at Brown, Hospitals Nobel Laureate Dr. Richard Axel delivers keynote on the sense of smell
58	Kent Hospital Receives State Approval to Perform Coronary Angioplasty
60	Bradley Hospital Awarded $168K in Federal Funding to Support Medical Residency Training
	Care New England’s Quin and Marran Selected to Participate In National Fellows Program
61	Hospitals Are an Economic Engine to Rhode Island Economy Hospital Economic Activity Generates 41,000 Jobs and $6.9 Billion
62	Students Celebrate Match Day

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