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JAMA Health Forum and COVID-19

Educational Objective
To understand how COVID-19 has affected the editorial and publishing process of JAMA Health Forum

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Published Online: September 22/29, 2020

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Article Information and Disclosures

John Z. Ayanian, MD, MPP^1,2

Author Affiliations

¹Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
²Editor, JAMA Health Forum

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Editor's Comment

JAMA Health Forum Becomes JAMA Network’s Newest Specialty Journal

John Z. Ayanian, MD, MPP; Melinda B. Buntin, PhD

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JAMA Health Forum launched on January 23, 2020—just 3 days after the first person tested positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in the US and 1 week before the World Health Organization (WHO) declared coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) a “global public health emergency.”¹ The timing of this launch was coincidental, yet it provided an urgent opportunity for JAMA Health Forum to pivot rapidly to identify and publish leading-edge content as the COVID-19 threat became more clear. Seven weeks later, the WHO declared COVID-19 a global pandemic as rapidly increasing numbers of cases were diagnosed across 6 continents. Over the ensuing 6 months, the global pandemic has become the greatest public health crisis and challenge to health care systems of the past century, causing nearly 1 million deaths worldwide and nearly 200 000 deaths in the US.

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Article Information

Corresponding Author: John Z. Ayanian, MD, MPP, Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, University of Michigan, 2800 Plymouth Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 (ayanian@umich.edu).

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Ayanian reported receiving grants from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and the National Institute on Aging and receiving personal fees from Harvard University, University of Massachusetts Medical School, and University of Chicago.

References

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Credit Designation Statement: The American Medical Association designates this Journal-based CME activity activity for a maximum of 1.00  AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to:

1.00 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program;;
1.00 Self-Assessment points in the American Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery’s (ABOHNS) Continuing Certification program;
1.00 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program;
1.00 Lifelong Learning points in the American Board of Pathology’s (ABPath) Continuing Certification program; and
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