International norms for adult handgrip strength: A systematic review of data on 2.4 million adults aged 20 to 100+ years from 69 countries and regions by Grant R. Tomkinson, Justin J. Lang, Lukáš Rubín, Ryan McGrath, Bethany Gower, Terry Boyle, Marilyn G. Klug, Alexandra J. Mayhew, Henry T. Blake, Francisco B. Ortega, Cristina Cadenas-Sanchez, Costan G. Magnussen, Brooklyn J. Fraser, Tetsuhiro Kidokoro, Yang Liu, Kaare Christensen, Darryl P. Leong, Mette Aadahl, Edimansyah Abdin, Julian Alcazar, Aqeel Alenazi, Bader Alqahtani, Cledir De A. Amaral, Thatiana L.M. Amaral, Alex Andrade Fernandes, Peter Axelsson, Jennifer N. Baldwin, Karin Bammann, Aline R. Barbosa, Ameline Bardo, Inosha Bimali, Peter Bjerregaard, Martin Bobak, Colin A. Boreham, Klaus Bös, João Carlos Bouzas Marins, Joshua Burns, Nadezda Capkova, Lilia Castillo-Martínez, Liang-Kung Chen, Siu Ming Choi, Rebecca K.J. Choong, Susana C. Confortin, Cyrus Cooper, Jorge E. Correa-Bautista, Amandine Cournil, Grace Cruz, Eling D. de Bruin, José Antonio De Paz, Bruno De Souza Moreira, Luiz Antonio Dos Anjos, María Cristina Enríquez Reyna, Eduardo Ferriolli, Gillian Forrester, Elena Frolova, Abadi K. Gebre, Atef M. Ghaleb, Tiffany K. Gill, Yasuyuki Gondo, M. Cristina Gonzalez, Citlali Gonzalez Alvarez, Mary K. Hannah, Nicholas C. Harvey, Jean-Yves Hogrel, Marie-Theres Huemer, Toshiko Iidaka, Lewis A. Ingram, Dmitri A. Jdanov, Victoria L. Keevil, Wolfgang Kemmler, Rose Anne Kenny, Dae-Yeon Kim, Tracy L. Kivell, Ingirid G.H. Kjær, Alexander Kluttig, Rumi Kozakai, Danit Langer, Lisbeth A. Larsen, Wei-Ju Lee, David A. Leon, Eric Lichtenstein, Bertis B. Little, Roberto Alves Lourenço, Rahul Malhotra, Robert M. Malina, Kiyoaki Matsumoto, Tal Mazor-Karsenty, Marnee J. McKay, Sinéad McLoughlin, Abhishek L. Mensegere, Mostafa Mohammadian, Virgilio Garcia Moreira, Hiroshi Murayama, Anne Murray, Anita Liberalesso Neri, Claudia Niessner, Gabriel Núñez Othón, Gabriel Olveira, Suzanne G. Orchard, Andrezj Pajak, Chan Woong Park, Julie A. Pasco, Maria E. Peña Reyes, Leani Souza Máximo Pereira, Annette Peters, Eric Tsz-Chun Poon, Margareth C. Portela, Jedd Pratt, Robinson Ramírez-Vélez, Wendy Rodríguez-García, Joanne Ryan, Mauricio A. San-Martín, Francisco José Sánchez-Torralvo, Mahnaz Saremi, Arno Schmidt-Trucksäss, Satoshi Seino, Shamsul Azhar Shah, Marc Sim, Bjørn Heine Strand, Mythily Subramaniam, Charlotte Suetta, Sophia X. Sui, Jonas S. Sundarakumar, Koya Suzuki, Abdonas Tamosiunas, Maw Pin Tan, Yu Taniguchi, Barbara Thorand, Anna Turusheva, Anne Therese Tveter, Jonathan Wagner, Dao Wang, Stuart J. Warden, Julia Wearing, Shiou Liang Wee, Leo D. Westbury, Agnieszka Wiśniowska-Szurlej, Alexander Woll, Noriko Yoshimura, Ruby Yu

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Comparative Ethics of Modern Payment Models by Jacob Riegler

“…Financial incentives exist in all healthcare systems, whether a socialized, private or public insurance, or single payer system. …”
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Incentivizing environmental sustainability for surgical healthcare at a systems level by Elizabeth Christophel, Russell Seth Martins, Kyle Tafuri, Faiz Y. Bhora

“…This editorial discusses strategies to incentivize surgical healthcare systems to prioritize more sustainable operations, using examples from other industries as well as healthcare systems from more sustainable nations.…”
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Addressing Shortcomings in Contingency Standards of Care by Alexander Quan

“…Therefore, it inappropriately privileges those in proximity to healthcare systems or with social connections enabling greater initial access to care.[9] During crisis standards of care, excessive mortality that would result from FCFS is mitigated through formalized system-wide triage protocols based on current patient health status and potential benefit from resources. …”
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Protecting the Autonomy of Patients with Severe Mental Illness Through Psychiatric Advance Directive Peer-Facilitation by Nicholas Karasik

“…Much of the logistical burden falls on those living with SMI to educate themselves and initiate the completion of a PAD.[11] However, many of those living with SMI already face additional burdens that prevent their successful navigation of a complex healthcare system, including poverty, marginal housing, and food insecurity.[12] In addition, individuals with SMI tend to be more socially isolated, with few others to trust besides their providers.[13] Efforts to promote the uptake of PADs by those living with SMI that neglect these additional burdens risk exacerbating health inequities faced by those with SMI. …”
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Health Disparities: The Emerging Trends and Pressing Challenges by Keren Dopelt

“…Health disparities represent one of the most pressing challenges in modern healthcare systems worldwide (Shadmi et al [...]…”
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Digital mental health treatment implementation playbook: successful practices from implementation experiences in American healthcare organizations by David C. Mohr, David C. Mohr, Alexandra L. Silverman, Alexandra L. Silverman, Soo Jeong Youn, Soo Jeong Youn, Soo Jeong Youn, Patricia Areán, Andrew Bertagnolli, Jenna Carl, Tarolyn Carlton, Neha Chaudhary, David Cooper, Shelly DeVito, Stephanie Eaneff, Megan Flom, Valerie L. Forman-Hoffman, Leanna Fortunato, Karen Franchino, Andrea K. Graham, Heidi Greenberger, Jessica Hauflaire, Benjamin Kaveladze, Rachel Kornfield, Kaylee P. Kruzan, Eric Kuhn, Eric Kuhn, Carolyn MacIver, Frederick Muench, Regina Misch, Adrian Ortega, Lisa Palko, Derek Richards, Derek Richards, Louisa Salhi, Jonathan Schremp, Eva Szigethy, Eva Szigethy, Nathan Tatro, Bethany A. Teachman, Bethany A. Teachman, Trina Histon

“…IntroductionDigital mental health treatments (DMHTs) have begun to be implemented in some healthcare systems across the United States. These implementations are conducted as business arrangements. …”
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Biosocial environmental faces of climate variability in health care: A systematic review by Fatemeh Zarei, Ehsan Arzroomchilar

“…The evaluation of selected studies underscores the necessity of establishing resilient healthcare systems to counter climate change through adaptive or resilience-focused and mitigative strategies. …”
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The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on outpatient visits for patients with cancer in Iran: an interrupted time series analysis by Siavash Beiranvand, Meysam Behzadifar, Aidin Aryankhesal, Seyed Jafar Ehsanzadeh, Banafshe Darvishi Teli, Masoud Behzadifar

“…Abstract Background The Covid-19 pandemic has posed unprecedented challenges to healthcare systems worldwide, affecting routine medical services, including for cancer patients. …”
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Global health diplomacy in nursing, reinforcing challenges and benefits: A scoping review by Arthur Luiz Barbosa Martins, Patrícia de Paula Queiroz Bonato, Bruna Sordi Carrara, Emerson Lucas Junio Silva Lucas Silva Camargo, Carla Aparecida Arena Ventura

“…Nurses face challenges such as navigating complex healthcare systems, cultural differences, and language barriers. …”
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Key tips to shift student perspectives through transformative learning in medical education by Efraim J. Hart, Merel H. de Heer-Koster, Maria van der Harst, Joyce L. Browne, Fedde Scheele

“…Abstract Healthcare systems are increasingly complex, facing challenges such as rising costs, aging populations, and persistent health inequities. …”
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The Potential of Emergency Medical Response to CBRNE Threats in the Context of Military-Civilian Cooperation by Arkadiusz Trzos, Karol Łyziński

“…Aim: The objective of this study is to present the contemporary response options of civilian medical rescue and healthcare systems to the effects of weapons of mass destruction weapons and civilian toxic agents with mass impact potential. …”
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Integration of Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain Technology in Healthcare and Agriculture by Sonali Vyas, Mohammad Shabaz, Prajjawal Pandit, L. Rama Parvathy, Isaac Ofori

“…On the other side, intelligent healthcare systems are incredibly vulnerable to data breaches and other malicious assaults. …”
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DAG-Based Swarm Learning Approach in Healthcare: A Survey by David Gana, Faisal Jamil

“…Healthcare systems are advancing at a rapid pace as a result of new technologies to address several issues in the sector such as shortage of skilled health workers and to deal with new diseases like COVID-19. …”
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Utilizing wastewater surveillance to model behavioural responses and prevent healthcare overload during “Disease X” outbreaks by Wenxiu Chen, Wei An, Chen Wang, Qun Gao, Chunzhen Wang, Lan Zhang, Xiao Zhang, Song Tang, Jianxin Zhang, Lixin Yu, Peng Wang, Dan Gao, Zhe Wang, Wenhui Gao, Zhe Tian, Yu Zhang, Wai-yin Ng, Tong Zhang, Ho-kwong Chui, Jianying Hu, Min Yang

“…During the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare systems worldwide faced severe strain. This study, utilizing wastewater virus surveillance, identified that periodic spontaneous avoidance behaviours significantly impacted infectious disease transmission during rapid and intense outbreaks. …”
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Treatment journey in rheumatoid arthritis with biosimilars: from better access to good disease control through cost savings and prevention of nocebo effects by Bruno Fautrel, Josef S Smolen, Fabrizio Benedetti, Roberto Caporali, Thomas Doerner, Burkhard Pieper, Minjun Jang

“…However, high costs of bDMARDs have limited patient access to optimised disease management and increased the cost burden for healthcare systems. The advent of biosimilars led to significant cost savings driven by price competition among the reference products, which could be beneficial for healthcare systems. …”
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AI augmented edge and fog computing for Internet of Health Things (IoHT) by Deepika Rajagopal, Pradeep Kumar Thimma Subramanian

“…This requires transitioning from unadventurous healthcare systems to more adapted healthcare systems that allow patients to be identified, managed, and evaluated more easily. …”
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Adapting and Implementing a Blended Collaborative Care Intervention for Older Adults with Multimorbidity: Quantitative and Qualitative Results from the ESCAPE Pilot Study by Josefine Schulze, Dagmar Lühmann, Jonas Nagel, Cornelia Regner, Christine Zelenak, Kristina Bersch, Christoph Herrmann-Lingen, Matthew M. Burg, Birgit Herbeck-Belnap

“…Multimorbidity poses significant challenges for patients and healthcare systems, often exacerbated by fragmented care and insufficient collaboration across providers. …”
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Cross-talk of renal cells through WNT signal transduction in the development of fibrotic kidneys by Yuhong Chen, Chao Xue

“…Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a progressive condition that can lead to chronic renal failure (CRF), affecting 8%–16% of adults globally and imposing a significant burden on healthcare systems. Renal fibrosis is a key pathological hallmark of CKD progression and is linked to poor prognosis. …”
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New colleague or gimmick hurdle? A user-centric scoping review of the barriers and facilitators of robots in hospitals. by Mathias Kofoed Rasmussen, Anna Schneider-Kamp, Tobias Hyrup, Alessandro Godono

“…Healthcare systems are confronted with a multitude of challenges, including the imperative to enhance accessibility, efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and the quality of healthcare delivery. …”
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