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At the time of manuscript acceptance, JAMA will request that authors confirm the accuracy of the disclosure information reported in the manuscript and update their reported conflicts of interest as necessary. JAMA will continue to publish authors' disclosures so that readers can review such disclosures as part of the articles.3
We will continue to evaluate this approach as we gain experience with implementation of the ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest, and along with other ICMJE journals, will reassess the effectiveness of this approach in the coming months.
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