Outpatient Versus Inpatient Total Joint Arthroplasty: Do Medically and Socially Complex Patients Require More Resources but Achieve Similar Outcomes? by Justin Leal, BS, Christine J. Wu, MD, Niall H. Cochrane, MD, Thorsten M. Seyler, MD, PhD, William A. Jiranek, MD, Samuel S. Wellman, MD, Michael P. Bolognesi, MD, Sean P. Ryan, MD

“…Background: This study compared outcomes between patients undergoing outpatient total joint arthroplasty (TJA) at an ambulatory surgery center (ASC) versus a cohort of medically and socially complex patients undergoing TJA at a tertiary healthcare system. Methods: An institutional database at a single academic center was retrospectively reviewed for patients who underwent primary TJA since the opening of an ASC from August 2021 to January 2024. …”
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Payment Reforms for Prehospital Care Services in a Middle Income Country: Assessing Implementation and Patient Outcomes Using a Mixed-Methods Approach by Paibul Suriyawongpaisal, Samrit Srithamrongsawad, Pongsakorn Atiksawedparit, Khanisthar Phooseemungkun, Krongkan Bunchaiyai, Thanita Thongtan

“…Financing health systems constitutes a key element of well-functioning healthcare system. Prior to 2015, two new financial arrangements (direct-pay and E-claim systems) were introduced on a voluntary basis which aimed to pool more financial resources and improve cash flow of prehospital care systems. …”
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Five lessons from a mid-level health manager intervention to increase uptake of tuberculosis prevention therapy in Uganda: ‘it is a completely different thing to implement what you... by Jason Johnson-Peretz, Canice Christian, Cecilia Akatukwasa, Fred Atwine, Elijah Kakande, Moses R. Kamya, Diane V. Havlir, Carol S. Camlin, Gabriel Chamie

“…Particularly in decentralized healthcare systems, the impact can appear in implementation challenges, subjective decision-making, poor teamwork, and an absence of disseminating best practices. …”
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Predictors of missed hospital appointments in patients with posterior compartment pelvic floor disorders in a tertiary referral centre by Tanzeela Gala, Mehak Saini, Abigail Fernandes, Carlotta Sarzo, Noman Shahzad, Carlene Igbedioh, Alexis Schizas, Linda Ferrari, Alison Hainsworth

“…Aim:: Missed hospital appointments pose a major challenge to the healthcare system leading to worse patient outcomes. We ascertained the incidence of missed hospital appointments in patients with Posterior Compartment Pelvic Floor Disorders (PC-PFD) and associated socio-demographic and clinical predictors. …”
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Characterizing pediatric discharge diagnoses associated with daily extreme heat exposure in the Midwestern US: A retrospective case-crossover study by Sarah Oerther, Zachary Phillips, Zidong Zhang, Joanne Salas, Sarah Farabi, Tamara Otey

“…Mary, a non-profit healthcare system in the United States, using the Virtual Data Warehouse. …”
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Population Health Management to identify and characterise ongoing health need for high-risk individuals shielded from COVID-19: a cross-sectional cohort study by Adrian Pratt, Richard Wood, Charlie Kenward, Sam Creavin, Jennifer A Cooper

“…Segmentation used k-prototypes cluster analysis.Setting A major healthcare system in the South West of England, for which linked primary, secondary, community and mental health data are available in a system-wide dataset. …”
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The First Saint Petersburg Regional Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Registry on the Basis of the Regional Health Information System: Principles of Functioning, Testing Results, Plan of... by Yu. P. Uspenskiy, A. M. Sarana, L. N. Melentyeva, A. V. Yazenok, S. V. Petrov, Yu. A. Fominykh, S. V. Ivanov, A. V. Shotik, A. M. Segal, T. V. Gorbacheva, S. D. Plotnikova, K. V. Dronov

“…The General Statistical Module is intended to analyze the prevalence of ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, the number of patient visits to medical institutions; to assess the burden on the healthcare system, demographic characteristics, routing and mortality for the whole region. …”
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Editorial: The Artificial Intelligence in Translational Medicine and Biomedical Research, How Future Can be Shaped?!! by Karzan Abdulmuhsin Mohammad

“…There is no doubt that AI will be a significant party of the healthcare system in the future and a core medical support.…”
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Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders and Associated Factors Among Bankers in Ethiopia, 2018 by Alemu Kasaw Kibret, Berihu Fisseha Gebremeskel, Kebede Embaye Gezae, Gebrerufael Solomon Tsegay

“…WMSDs are the major causes of disability and cause individual suffering and financial burdens to the individual, families, industry or employer, healthcare system, and society at large. This study aims to assess the prevalence and associated factors of work-related musculoskeletal disorders among bankers working in Mekelle city, Tigray, Ethiopia, 2018. …”
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Understanding trends in osteoporosis drug prescribing: implications for reducing futile biomedical research by Jonathan R. Guillemot, Jonathan R. Guillemot, John W. Abraham, Anthea Tinker

“…Clinical guidelines evolved to encompass diverse osteoporosis types and treatment options, guided by evidence-based recommendations and healthcare system considerations. Trust dynamics between physicians, pharmaceutical companies, and health authorities influenced prescribing trends, with variations in reliance on standardized protocols and collaborative decision-making observed between England and France.DiscussionUnderstanding trends in osteoporosis drug prescribing is crucial for optimizing healthcare policy and practice. …”
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Charting the course: Insights into EMR usability from Australian clinicians – A national survey by Sheree Lloyd, Abraham Oshni Alvandi, Yasmine Probst, Jeremy Roach, Richard Olley, Christopher Bain

“…The study’s findings provide valuable insights for EMR system developers, vendors, and healthcare organisations, emphasising the need to improve usability to realise the full benefits of EMRs and support a digitally enabled healthcare system. Addressing these issues through targeted interventions is essential to enhance clinician satisfaction with the EMRs used, reduce burnout and improve patient care. …”
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Patient Surgical Outcomes When Surgery Residents Are the Primary Surgeon by Intensity of Surgical Attending Supervision in Veterans Affairs Medical Centers by T. Michael Kashner, PhD, JD, MPH, Paul B. Greenberg, MD, MPH, Andrea D. Birnbaum, MD, PhD, John M. Byrne, DO, Karen M. Sanders, MD, Mark A. Wilson, MD, PhD, Marjorie A. Bowman, MD, MPA

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Cost-Effectiveness of a New Outpatient Pulmonology Care Model Based on Physician-to-Physician Electronic Consultation by José Manuel Álvarez-Dobaño, Malena Toubes, José Ángel Novo-Platas, Francisco Reyes-Santías, Gerardo Atienza, Manuel Portela, Carlos Rábade, Tamara Lourido, Ana Casal, Carlota Rodríguez-García, Vanessa Riveiro, Romina Abelleira, Jorge Ricoy, Nuria Rodríguez-Núñez, Carlos Zamarrón, Felipe Calle, Francisco Gude, Luis Valdés

“…E-consultation reduces costs, which benefits both, society and the healthcare system.…”
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Time-dependent, patient-centered perceptions of quality measures for total joint arthroplasty: a cross-sectional, choice modeling study by Jacie L. Lemos, Jessica M. Welch, Derek F. Amanatullah, Lauren M. Shapiro, Alex H. S. Harris, Robin N. Kamal

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The Association of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Gestational Hypertensive Disorders in a Diverse Community-Based Cohort by Diane Schneider, Joel R. Gonzalez, Miya Yamamoto, Jingrong Yang, Joan C. Lo

“…To examine the association of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH) within a large population of pregnant women in an integrated healthcare system. Methods. This retrospective study utilized a source cohort of 1023 women with PCOS and 1023 women without PCOS who had a delivered pregnancy within Kaiser Permanente Northern California. …”
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Reproductive health literacy scale: a tool to measure the effectiveness of health literacy training by Maha Rauf, Zahra Goliaei, Lana Machta, Jenny Chang, Heike Thiel de Bocanegra

“…After resettlement, low health literacy, financial difficulties, cultural and linguistic barriers, and unfamiliarity with the healthcare system also add to the preexisting barriers. …”
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Alternative healthcare delivery arrangements in Nepal: a systematic review of comparative effectiveness, safety and cost-effectiveness studies by Rachelle Buchbinder, Shyam Sundar Budhathoki, Denise A O’Connor, Ilana Ackerman, Pramila Rai

“…Changing the way health care is delivered, for example, task shifting that delivers the same care at lower cost, may be one way of improving healthcare system sustainability. We synthesised the existing randomised trial evidence to compare the effects of alternative healthcare delivery arrangements versus usual care in Nepal.Methods For eligible studies published since 2005, we searched MEDLINE, Embase, CENTRAL, CINAHL, Scopus, the WHO clinical trials registry and NepJOL on 31 October 2024. …”
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DDX50 cooperates with STAU1 to effect stabilization of pro-differentiation RNAs by Weili Miao, Douglas F. Porter, Zurab Siprashvili, Ian D. Ferguson, Luca Ducoli, Duy T. Nguyen, Lisa A. Ko, Vanessa Lopez-Pajares, Suhas Srinivasan, Audrey W. Hong, Yen-Yu Yang, Zhongwen Cao, Robin M. Meyers, Jordan M. Meyers, Shiying Tao, Yinsheng Wang, Paul A. Khavari

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Economic impact of medication non-adherence by disease groups: a systematic review by Victoria Garcia-Cardenas, Rachelle Louise Cutler, Fernando Fernandez-Llimos, Michael Frommer, Charlie Benrimoj

“…The correlation between increased non-adherence and higher disease prevalence should be used to inform policymakers to help circumvent avoidable costs to the healthcare system. Differences in methods make the comparison among studies challenging and an accurate estimation of true magnitude of the cost impossible. …”
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Challenges and adaptations in pancreatic cancer surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic in a high-volume center by Mohammed Al-Saeedi, Ali Ramouz, Elias Khajeh, Sakher Shraim, Alexander Werba, Georgios Polychronidis, Arianeb Mehrabi, Martin Loos

“…Abstract Background The COVID-19 pandemic affected healthcare systems worldwide, disrupting elective surgeries including those for cancer treatment. …”
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