Improvement in Quality Metrics Outcomes and Patient and Family Satisfaction in a Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit after Creation of a Dedicated Neurocritical Care Team by Yaw Sarpong, Premkumar Nattanmai, Ginger Schelp, Robert Bell, Keerthivaas Premkumar, Erin Stapleton, Ashley McCormick, Christopher R. Newey

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Perceived barriers to reaching equity in effective access to diagnosis and treatment for women with breast cancer in Chile by Carla Campaña, Báltica Cabieses, Alexandra Obach, Francisca Vezzani

“…The study reveals structural inequities hindering healthcare access, reflecting global patterns in fragmented health systems.…”
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POPULATION-BASED ASSESSMENT OF THE RECTAL CANCER STAGE STRUCTURE AND INCIDENCE AFTER IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NATIONAL PROJECT “HEALTH” AND ALL-NATIONAL DISPENSARIZATION IN THE ARKHAN... by D. M. Dubovichenko, M. Y. Valkov, A. A. Karpunov, A. Yu. Pankrat'eva

“…Implementation of national programs for health system reforming didn’t provide significant improvement in earlier detection of RC. …”
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An Exceedingly Rare Case of Liraglutide-Induced Liver Injury by Swetha Parvataneni, Rajarajeshwari Ramachandran, Eric Then, Tyler Grantham, Vinaya Gaduputi

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Digitalisation for Health — Some Economic Aspects by Beate Jochimsen

“…In its 2021 report, the Health System Advisory Council discusses a strategy to overcome this shortcoming, i. e. the digitalisation of the German healthcare system. …”
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Benefits of the New Laboratory Methods of the Vigilance of the Health of Cienfuegos Population by Pedro Sánchez Frenes, Sara Hernández Malpica, María Jesús Sánchez Bouza

“…Its diagnostic capability has been enlarged and diversified, granting to the work of this system, a new conception, constituting a fortress of the health system in each municipality.…”
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Pulmonary Embolism following Cessation of Infliximab for Treatment of Miliary Tuberculosis by Brian Lee, Farid Moosavy

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Rituximab-Induced Coronary Vasospasm by Linda Lee, Vishal Kukreti

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Auditor perspectives on barriers to achieving healthcare worker hand hygiene compliance goals by Joseph Leszczynski, Kevin M. Gibas

“…We surveyed hand hygiene auditors to identify barriers to healthcare worker hand hygiene compliance in our health system. Most auditors reported being comfortable providing staff feedback on hand hygiene practices; however, there was substantial variability in their comfort level based on the occupation of the staff member receiving feedback.…”
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Explorer les parcours thérapeutiques des enfants atteints de cancer au Burkina Faso by Marie-Thérèse Arcens Somé, Aude Nikiema

“…The health system, in Burkina Faso, is based on a large number of nearby basic healthcare facilities, but they treat conditions that do not require surgical intervention and are communicable diseases. …”
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Uncommon Diseases in Pediatric Age: Commemoration in Cienfuegos of an Essential Event for Cuban Public Health by Jan O´neil González Ramos, Belkis González Aguiar

“…In spite of the fact that the access to treatments has become really expensive in developed countries, in Cuba the health system guarantees it for free.…”
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Descriptive analysis of interpreter service mode costs & usage in Northwestern Wisconsin pre and peri COVID-19 by Elena N. Casey, Erin Fitzgerald, Hannah S. Rackers, Derek Bates, Kelson Fox, Mary Bygd

“…The objectives of our study were to describe visit characteristics for interpreter services pre and peri COVID-19 and how interpreter visits and costs differed by modality and language pre and peri COVID-19 at Mayo Clinic Health System (MCHS) Eau Claire and Menomonie, Wisconsin (WI). …”
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Factors influencing participation in physical activity for persons living with dementia in rural and northern communities in Canada: a qualitative study by Chelsea Pelletier, Laura Elizabeth Middleton, Shannon Freeman, Kirsten Ward, Lauren Bechard, Kayla Regan, Salima Somani

“…Without reliable resources and sustained support from the health system, local champions remain vulnerable to burnout. …”
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Staphylococcus aureus susceptibilities from wounds of patients who use illicit fentanyl by Drew T. Dickinson, Stephen Saw, Lauren Dutcher, Christina Maguire, Adrienne Terico, Margaret Lowenstein, Sonal Patel

“…PWUF displayed significantly reduced susceptibility to oxacillin and tetracycline compared to the health system’s outpatient wound S. aureus antibiogram. …”
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Prevalence and Determinants of Undernutrition among 6- to 59-Months-Old Children in Lowland and Highland Areas in Kilosa District, Tanzania: A Cross-Sectional Study by Jackline D. Mrema, Ester Elisaria, Akwilina W. Mwanri, Cornelio M. Nyaruhucha

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The epidemiology and clinical presentation of seropositive neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder in a US population by Aaron M. Carlson, Carlos E.V. Sollero, Andrew B. Wolf, Stefan Sillau, Barrie L. Schmitt, Kelli M. Money, Kavita V. Nair, Amanda L. Piquet, Jeffrey L. Bennett

“…Abstract Objective To define the epidemiology and clinical presentation of seropositive neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) in a large US health system. Methods We completed a retrospective observational study of adult patients in the University of Colorado Health System from 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2020, using Health Data Compass (HDC), a data warehouse that combines electronic health information with claims and public health data in Colorado. …”
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’[We] learned how to speak with love’: a qualitative exploration of accredited social health activist (ASHA) community health worker experiences of the Mobile Academy refresher tra... by Amnesty Elizabeth LeFevre, Kerry Scott, Sara Chamberlain, Osama Ummer, Manjula Sharma, Dipanwita Gharai, Bibha Mishra, Namrata Choudhury

“…They, and higher level health systems actors, conceived it to primarily be a test not a training. …”
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Prediction of mortality and prioritisation to tertiary care using the 'OUR-ARCad' risk score gleaned from the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic-A retrospective cohort study from Sou... by Narendran Gopalan, Vinod Kumar Viswanathan, Vignes Anand Srinivasalu, Saranya Arumugam, Adhin Bhaskar, Tamizhselvan Manoharan, Santosh Kishor Chandrasekar, Divya Bujagaruban, Ramya Arumugham, Gopi Jagadeeswaran, Saravanan Madurai Pandian, Arunalatha Ponniah, Thirumaran Senguttuvan, Ponnuraja Chinnaiyan, Baskaran Dhanraj, Vineet Kumar Chadha, Balaji Purushotham, Manoj Vasanth Murhekar

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>The OUR-ARCad risk score, could potentially maximize recovery in a raging COVID-19 pandemic, through prioritisation of tertiary care services, neither straining the health system nor compromising patient's safety, delivering and diverting care to those who needed the most.…”
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Accessing medical records for research in South African public hospitals: a reflective narrative by Daphney Nozizwe Conco, Boitumelo Komane, Emelda Boikanyo, Zinhle Khadija Maneli, Mothupi Boikanyo, Sharon Fonn

“…Abstract Background Access to medical data is important for health system research in South Africa. Researchers must obtain authorization from gatekeepers to enter hospitals and access medical records. …”
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Lhermitte Sign as a Presenting Symptom of Thoracic Spinal Pathology: A Case Study by Adam Hills, Mazen Al-Hakim

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