JAMA Health Forum (journal) Archive — Page 1 of 1

Two elderly patients’ hands rest together on white hospital bedding; partial printed text is visible on the sheet but is not fully legible.
February 21, 2025

Study shows end-of-life cancer care lacking for Medicare patients 

The study involved patients of diverse ethnic backgrounds age 66 or older who died from breast, prostate, pancreatic or lung cancers.  

By Tom Wilemon
White tablets spilled from an open orange prescription bottle, with additional pill bottles blurred in the background.
July 22, 2024

Opioid treatment can avoid foster care placement: study

If women are given medications to treat opioid use disorder during their pregnancy they are significantly more likely to retain custody of their newborns after delivery

By Bill Snyder
Close-up, softly focused side view of a pregnant person’s bare abdomen with one hand resting on it.
October 29, 2021

HCV infection among pregnant women increasing

By Emily Stembridge
Portrait of Melinda Buntin, PhD, smiling and wearing a white blazer with a pearl necklace.
December 3, 2020

JAMA Health Forum to become full-fledged journal in 2021

Just a year after its founding as an online channel of information, the Journal of the American Medical Association’s (JAMA’s) Health Forum will become a full-fledged journal in January 2021.

By Jake Lowary
Portrait of Melinda Buntin, PhD, smiling and wearing a white blazer with a pearl necklace.
January 29, 2020

Buntin named deputy editor of JAMA Health Forum

Melinda Buntin, PhD, chair of Health Policy at VUMC, has been named deputy editor of JAMA Health Forum, a new online information channel published by JAMA Network.

By Jill Clendening