[Skip to Content]

Claim CME

Ischemic Heart Disease

Hospitalizations for Chronic Disease and Acute Conditions in the Time of COVID-19

Educational Objective
To identify the key insights or developments described in this article

1 Credit CME

JAMA Internal Medicine

Published Online: October 26, 2020

Research Letter

Article Information and Disclosures

Saul Blecker, MD, MHS¹;

Simon A. Jones, PhD¹;

Christopher M. Petrilli, MD²;

Andrew J. Admon, MD, MPH, MSc³;

Himali Weerahandi, MD, MPH²;

Fritz Francois, MD, MSc⁴;

Leora I. Horwitz, MD, MHS¹

Author Affiliations

¹Division of Healthcare Delivery Science, Department of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York
²Division of General Internal Medicine and Clinical Innovation, Department of Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York
³Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
⁴Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York

Read article on JAMA Network

Read Article Claim CME

Claim CME

Sign in to take quiz and track your certificates

Buy This Activity

Article Information

Accepted for Publication: July 2, 2020.

Published Online: October 26, 2020. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.3978

Corresponding Author: Saul Blecker, MD, MHS, Division of Healthcare Delivery Science, Department of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, 227 E 30th St, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10016 (saul.blecker@nyulangone.org).

Author Contributions: Drs Blecker and Petrilli had full access to all of the data in the study and take responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis.

Study concept and design: Blecker, Jones, Petrilli, Admon, Francois, Horwitz.

Acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data: All authors.

Drafting of the manuscript: Blecker, Jones, Petrilli, Francois.

Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Jones, Petrilli, Admon, Weerahandi, Francois, Horwitz.

Statistical analysis: Jones, Petrilli, Admon, Horwitz.

Administrative, technical, or material support: Blecker, Petrilli, Admon, Weerahandi, Francois, Horwitz.

Study supervision: Francois, Horwitz.

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Admon reported receiving grants from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute during the conduct of the study. Dr Weerahandi reported receiving grants from the National Institutes of Health/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute outside the submitted work. No other disclosures were reported.

Additional Contributions: We thank Harish Rajagopalan, MS, NYU Langone Health, New York, New York, for assistance with data extraction. No additional compensation was provided for this contribution.

References

Kansagra AP , Goyal MS , Hamilton S , Albers GW . Collateral effect of Covid-19 on stroke evaluation in the United States. N Engl J Med. 2020;383(4):400-401. doi:10.1056/NEJMc2014816 PubMed Google Scholar Crossref

Garcia S , Albaghdadi MS , Meraj PM , et al. Reduction in ST-segment elevation cardiac catheterization laboratory activations in the United States during COVID-19 pandemic. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020;75(22):2871-2872. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2020.04.011 PubMed Google Scholar Crossref

Baum A , Schwartz MD . Admissions to Veterans Affairs hospitals for emergency conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic. JAMA. 2020;324(1):96-99. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.9972 PubMed Google Scholar Crossref

Petrilli CM , Jones SA , Yang J , et al. Factors associated with hospital admission and critical illness among 5279 people with coronavirus disease 2019 in New York City: prospective cohort study. BMJ. 2020;369:m1966. doi:10.1136/bmj.m1966 PubMed Google Scholar Crossref

Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project. Clinical Classifications Software Refined (CCSR) for ICD-10-CM diagnoses. Accessed May 26, 2020. https://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/toolssoftware/ccsr/ccs_refined.jsp

Woolhandler S , Himmelstein DU . Intersecting US epidemics: COVID-19 and lack of health insurance. Ann Intern Med. 2020;173(1):63-64. doi:10.7326/M20-1491 PubMed Google Scholar Crossref

AMA CME Accreditation Information

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
1.00 CME points in the American Board of Surgery’s (ABS) Continuing Certification program

It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting MOC credit.