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Medicine, General & Internal
Joshua Kuan Tan, Xiaojin Zhang, Dawn Cheng, Ian Yi Onn Leong, Chia Siong Wong, Jeannie Tey, Shu Ching Loh, Eugene Fidelis Soh, Wei Yen Lim
Summary: Population health management requires risk characterisation and patient segmentation, but most segmentation tools require comprehensive health information. This study assessed the feasibility of using the ACG System as a population risk segmentation tool with only hospital data. The results showed that patients in higher risk categories had higher healthcare costs, more hospital admissions, and higher mortality in the subsequent year.
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Medicine, General & Internal
Guido M. Peters, Carine J. M. Doggen, Wim H. van Harten
Summary: From the perspective of a large teaching hospital in the Netherlands, a budget impact analysis of virtual care showed that virtual care can only save money if it is deployed at sufficient scale or if the active involvement of health professionals is minimized.
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Medicine, General & Internal
Aimilia Tsante, Anastasia Papandreadi, Andreas G. Tsantes, Elias Kyriakou, Panagiota Douramani, Electra Loukopoulou, Argyri Gialeraki, Styliani I. Kokoris, Athina Kypraiou, Aristarchos Poulis, Petros Kopterides, Daniele Piovani, Stefanos Bonovas, Serena Valsami, Argirios E. Tsantes
Summary: After implementing a patient blood management program in a Greek tertiary hospital, there was a decrease in blood utilization, but some patients still did not meet the transfusion threshold requirements, indicating non-adherence to guidelines and potential for improvement in transfusion practices.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
David C. Classen, Christopher Longhurst, Eric J. Thomas
Summary: This paper reviews the current state of patient safety and the application of artificial intelligence (AI) techniques to patient safety. It defines patient safety broadly and outlines the major current uses of AI in patient safety. It also highlights the limitations of these AI systems and emphasizes the importance of increased funding for research and evaluation in this area.
NPJ DIGITAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Anesthesiology
Patrick Meybohm, Elke Schmitt, Suma Choorapoikayil, Lotta Hof, Oliver Old, Markus M. Mueller, Christof Geisen, Erhard Seifried, Olaf Baumhove, Samuel de Leeuw van Weenen, Alexandra Bayer, Patrick Friederich, Brigitte Braeutigam, Jens Friedrich, Matthias Gruenewald, Gunnar Elke, Gerd P. Molter, Diana Narita, Ansgar Raadts, Christoph Haas, Klaus Schwendner, Andrea U. Steinbicker, Dana J. Jenke, Josef Thoma, Viola Weber, Markus Velten, Maria Wittmann, Henry Weigt, Bjoern Lange, Eva Herrmann, Kai Zacharowski
Summary: By implementing Patient Blood Management (PBM) program, there was a significant reduction in red blood cell transfusion and the safety of PBM was demonstrated in a study of over 1 million surgical patients.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA
(2023)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Adel Alabdaly, Deborah Debono, Reece Hinchcliff, Su-Yin Hor
Summary: This article describes a protocol for a scoping review of the relationship between patient safety culture and patient experience in hospital settings, aiming to provide an overview of this relationship, map key concepts, and identify research gaps. The study will follow Arksey and O'Malley's framework with five stages, as well as the Population, Concept and Context Framework for data extraction and analysis. Ethical review is not required, and results will be disseminated through publication in a peer-reviewed journal and conference presentations.
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Medicine, General & Internal
Linda S. Barnes, Jean Stanley, Evan M. Bloch, Monica B. Pagano, Tina S. Ipe, Quentin Eichbaum, Silvano Wendel, Alexander Indrikovs, Wei Cai, Meghan Delaney
Summary: This study explored the current state of hospital blood transfusion services in low-income and middle-income countries. It found that the availability of blood products is a major issue, with many services needing to generate their own blood supply. Blood shortages are not systematically tracked as patient-specific adverse events, highlighting the need for further exploration in this area.
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Gemma Louch, Abigail Albutt, Joanna Harlow-Trigg, Sally Moore, Kate Smyth, Lauren Ramsey, Jane K. O'Hara
Summary: The study found that people with learning disabilities may experience poorer patient safety outcomes in hospitals. The involvement of family and carers, as well as understanding and effectively meeting the needs of people with learning disabilities, may play a protective role. Promising interventions and examples of good practice exist, but further robust evaluation is needed to ensure consistent implementation.
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Dezhi Mi, Yong Li, Kangying Zhang, Chaoni Huang, Wenjia Shan, Jiangbo Zhang
Summary: To address the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, our hospital developed an intelligent hospital management mode specifically tailored to COVID-19 patients. This mode utilizes new technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), 5G, Internet of Things (IoT), wearable devices, robots, and small programs to improve the quality of life for patients, enhance hospital management, and reduce the workload of medical staff.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Manufacturing
Tinglong Dai, Sridhar Tayur
Summary: The role of artificial intelligence in healthcare is expected to grow substantially in the future. However, a systematic understanding and widespread adoption of AI in healthcare is needed to fully harness its power. This requires physician buy-in, patient acceptance, provider investment, and payer support. To address these challenges, researchers should focus on barriers to physician buy-in and patient acceptance, transparency and disclosure, service design, and strategies to increase AI uptake.
PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Review
Computer Science, Information Systems
Seunghee Lee, Seonyoung Kim, Jieun Lee, Jong-Yeup Kim, Mi-Hwa Song, Suehyun Lee
Summary: Explainable AI (XAI) is a methodology that provides an explanation for artificial intelligence, and there is growing recognition of its importance in various fields. This study aims to identify the use of XAI in pharmacovigilance research. Among 781 papers, only 25 met the selection criteria. The study provides an intuitive review of the potential of XAI in pharmacovigilance and identifies key challenges in its implementation.
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Valentina Rancati, Emmanuelle Scala, Zied Ltaief, Mohamed Ziyad Gunga, Matthias Kirsch, Lorenzo Rosner, Carlo Marcucci
Summary: Patient Blood Management (PBM) emerged as a new paradigm in perioperative medicine about 15 years ago, aiming to rationalize transfusion practices by optimizing the patient's red blood cell mass. However, the implementation of a PBM program may face various barriers such as dogmatic ideas, logistical challenges, and lack of support from medical and administrative departments.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Medical Laboratory Technology
Dongmei Yang, Chunxia Chen, Fu Cheng, Bing Han, Li Qin, Bin Tan
Summary: A retrospective study on transfusion practice data from 2009 to 2018 at West China Hospital of Sichuan University showed that implementing patient blood management (PBM) could effectively reduce transfusion frequency and volume, as well as bring economic benefits.
CLINICAL LABORATORY
(2023)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Andrea Bertuzzi, Alison Martin, Nicola Clarke, Cassandra Springate, Rachel Ashton, Wayne Smith, Andi Orlowski, Duncan McPherson
Summary: This systematic review and narrative synthesis assessed the impact of single rooms versus multioccupancy accommodation on inpatient healthcare outcomes and processes. The results showed that there was no significant difference between the two accommodation types in terms of clinical outcomes, except for critically ill patients, particularly those in neonatal intensive care units, who may benefit from single rooms. Most patients preferred single rooms for privacy, while some preferred shared accommodation to avoid loneliness.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Sehad Draganovic, Guido Offermanns, Rachel E. Davis
Summary: Measuring staff perspectives on patient safety culture is important for identifying areas of concern in healthcare. This study conducted psychometric evaluation of HSOPSC in Bosnia and Herzegovina and found that the adapted HSOPSC-BiH showed better model fit compared to the original survey, with excellent internal consistency and construct validity. The HSOPSC-BiH is recommended for assessing PSC in BiH and formulating strategies to improve patient safety.
Article
Anesthesiology
Benjamin Friedrichson, Jan A. Kloka, Vanessa Neef, Haitham Mutlak, Oliver Old, Kai Zacharowski, Florian Piekarski
Summary: This German study found that the hospital mortality rate was unacceptably high for COVID-19 patients receiving VV-ECMO and VA-ECMO therapy, especially among older patients. The mortality rate during the pandemic also showed an increasing trend.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Dermatology
J. Kleemann, M. Meissner, D. Oezistanbullu, Ue Balaban, O. Old, S. Kippenberger, J. Kloka, R. Kaufmann, K. Zacharowski, B. Friedrichson
Summary: A study in Germany found that skin cancer cases and surgeries have persistently decreased since the beginning of the pandemic. Non-melanoma skin cancer showed a larger decrease compared to malignant melanoma, suggesting a prioritization effect. Further research is needed to understand the consequences of treatment delays and the challenges in skin cancer care.
JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY AND VENEREOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Jan Kloka, Benjamin Friedrichson, Stephanie Dauth, Ann Christina Foldenauer, Anita Bulczak-Schadendorf, Maria J. G. T. Vehreschild, Francisco Maio Matos, Antoni Riera-Mestre, Antoinette D. van Asselt, Edoardo De Robertis, Vilma Traskaite Juskeviciene, Patrick Meybohm, Dana Tomescu, Karine Lacombe, Coen D. A. Stehouwer, Kai Zacharowski
Summary: This article introduces a research project called IXION, which aims to investigate the potential of FX06 in preventing disease progression in hospitalized, non-intubated COVID-19 patients. The clinical study will be conducted in multiple European countries, recruiting over 300 eligible patients to assess the efficacy and other parameters.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Jan Andreas Kloka, Lea Valeska Blum, Oliver Old, Kai Zacharowski, Benjamin Friedrichson
Summary: This study analyzed the hospitalization and ICU status of COVID-19 patients in Germany and found that 24.54% of hospitalized patients required ICU treatment, with a 33.36% mortality rate among ICU patients. The study also found that lower grades of obesity may have a protective effect on patient survival, while congestive heart failure was associated with a higher risk of death.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)