ElasticPay: Instant Peer-to-Peer Offline Extended Digital Payment System.

The widespread reliance on paper-based currency poses significant drawbacks, such as counterfeiting, lack of transparency, and environmental impacts. While Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) address many of these issues, their dependence on continuous internet connectivity limits their usability in scenarios with poor or no network access. To overcome such limitations, this paper introduces ElasticPay, a novel Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Offline Digital Payment System that leverages advanced hardware security measures realised through Trusted Platform Modules (TPMs), Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs), and Secure Elements (SEs).

Electronic Health Record Time Allocation Among Primary Care Clinicians at the Veterans Health Administration Using Virtual Observations.

Background: Prior research has shown that primary care clinicians (PCPs) spend a large portion of clinic visits on tasks within the electronic health record (EHR). However, no time allocation studies have been done in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) and little is known about EHR time spent during virtual visits.

Objective: To estimate the proportion of clinician time spent working within the EHR during primary care visits at VHA clinics.

Exploring the acceptability of a risk prediction tool for cardiometabolic risk (gestational diabetes and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy) for use in early pregnancy: A qualitative study.

Problem/ Background: The acceptability of providing women with personalised cardiometabolic risk information using risk prediction tools early in pregnancy is not well understood.

Aim: To explore women's and healthcare professionals' perspectives of the acceptability of a prognostic, composite risk prediction tool for cardiometabolic risk (gestational diabetes and/or hypertensive disorders of pregnancy) for use in early pregnancy.

Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted to explore the acceptability of cardiometabolic risk prediction tools, preferences for risk communication and considerations for implementation into antenatal care.

Patient Characteristics, Diagnoses, and Management in a Combined Uveitis-Rheumatology Clinic.

Introduction: Combined uveitis-rheumatology clinics (combined clinics) are a relatively recent clinical care model. Here we report the demographics, ocular and systemic disease characteristics, and medications utilized in patients seen in a combined clinic at a tertiary care hospital in the USA.

Methods: Medical records were reviewed of patients seen at the Combined Clinic at the University of Colorado Hospital between January 1, 2016 and November 1, 2023.