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JULY 2014

Volume 97, Number 7

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

	Special 27-page Section HepatitIs C Lynn E. Taylor, MD Guest Editor

15	Hepatitis C Virus Infection: From Margin to Center in Rhode Island and Beyond Lynn E. Taylor, MD, FACP
16	Commentary – What price for a cure? Lynn E. Taylor, MD
19	Estimating the True Prevalence of Hepatitis C in Rhode Island Elizabeth N. Kinnard, BA; Lynn E. Taylor, MD; Omar Galárraga, PhD; Brandon DL Marshall, PhD
25	Prevention and Control of Hepatitis C in Rhode Island Nicole E. Alexander-Scott, MD, MPH; Angela Lemire; H. Elsa Larson, MA, MS; Utpala Bandy, MD, MPH
29	Q & A with Karen Tashima, MD – New Direct-Acting, Antiviral Agents Offer Therapeutic Revolution for Hepatitis C Virus Infection Mary Korr
31	Hepatitis C Prevention and Needle Exchange Programs in Rhode Island: ENCORE Raynald Joseph, Aaron Kofman, MD; Sarah Larney, PhD; Paul Fitzgerald, MSW
35	HCV among The Miriam Hospital and Rhode Island Hospital Adult ED Patients Roland C. Merchant, MD, MPH, ScD; Janette R. Baird, PhD; Tao Liu, PhD; Lynn E. Taylor, MD

	CONTRIBUTIONS
40	An Intensive Medical Education Elective for Senior Medical Students Jamie Gainor, MD; Nilay K. Patel, MD; Paul F. George, MD, MHPE; Marina M.C. MacNamara, MD, MPH; Richard H. Dollase, EdD; Julie Scott Taylor, MD, MSc

	CASE REPORTS
45	Severe Cerebral Vasospasm after Traumatic Brain Injury Corey R. Fehnel, MD, MPH; Linda C. Wendell, MD; N. Stevenson Potter, MD, PhD; Petra Klinge, MD, PhD; Bradford B. Thompson, MD

	PUBLIC HEALTH
47	Non-emergent Hospital Emergency Department Use and Neighborhood Poverty in Rhode Island, 2008–2012 Yongwen Jiang, PhD; Ana P. Novais, MA; Samara Viner-Brown, MS; Michael Fine, MD
52	Vital Statistics Colleen A. Fontana, State Registrar

	COMMENTARY (6-page section)
7	Disorders Without Explanation JOSEPH H. FRIEDMAN, MD
10	The Remote Origins of a Street Drug STANLEY M. ARONSON, MD

	LETTERS
12	Treatment of intracerebral hemorrhage: where do we stand? Alexios Bimpis, MD, PhD; Apostolos Zarros, DM, MRes, FRNS
	Response: Brian Silver, MD

	RIMJ AROUND THE WORLD
14	We are read everywhere: Havana, Chicago, Austin

	RIMS NEWS (3-page section)
53	RIMS Medical Student Awards; PA school opens
54	Working for You: RIMS Advocacy Calendar
55	Why You Should Join RIMS

	SPOTLIGHT
62	Coastal leaders describe challenges of designing the primary care practice of the future MARY KORR

	PEOPLE (9-page section)
65	Recognition Appointments

	PHYSICIAN'S LEXICON, HERITAGE (3-page section)
73	A Manual of Some Handy Words of Medicine STANLEY M. ARONSON, MD
75	100 Years Ago: The Arnold Laboratory at Brown Breaks Ground MARY KORR

	IN THE NEWS (complete 6-page section)
56	Bradley Hospital Study Finds Difference in Bipolar Disorder in Children, Adults
	Engaging Patients Proven to Lower Readmissions, Helping Hospitals Avoid Penalties
58	Bills Aimed At Stemming Overdose Deaths Become Law
	Providence Center, Care New England Seek Formal Affiliation
	Miriam Hospital Receives 8th Consecutive Award for Quality Care
59	Lifespan, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of RI Sign Cost-sharing Agreement
	Women & Infants among Best Children’s Hospitals in Neonatology in U.S. News Media Group’s Rankings
61	CharterCARE Health Partners, Prospect Medical Holdings Launch Partnership
	URI Awarded Nearly $19M to Expand Biomedical Research
	Rhode Island Hospital Receives National Cancer Award

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