ECG Abnormalities Preceding Structural Changes of Apical Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy by up to 10 Years.

A 48-year-old man with hypertension and hypercholesterolemia was referred with an abnormal ECG showing signs of myocardial ischemia and structural change consistent with ventricular hypertrophy. Upon further workup with MRI, echocardiogram, and exercise stress test with perfusion images, it was determined that the man had no cardiac abnormalities. Ten years later, the patient developed structural changes consistent with the abnormal ECG.

Health Care Price Transparency in Ophthalmology.

Importance: Health care price transparency legislation is intended to reduce the ambiguity of hospital charges and the resultant financial stress faced by patients.

Objective: To evaluate the availability, usability, and variability of standard reported prices for ophthalmologic procedures at academic hospitals.

Design, Setting, And Participants: In this multicenter economic evaluation study, publicly available price transparency web pages from Association of American Medical Colleges affiliate hospitals were parsed for standard charges and usability metrics.

Quiz-Based Microlearning at Scale: a Rapid Educational Response to COVID-19.

Virtual quizzing is a viable model for continuing education at a large scale, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. By leveraging technology, microlearning encourages mobile education that is engaging, flexible, and accessible. Learners reported that this format was effective and preferable to traditional methods of education, suggesting further opportunity for innovation.

A patient education intervention improved rates of successful video visits during rapid implementation of telehealth.

Introduction: The need to rapidly implement telehealth at large scale during the COVID-19 pandemic led to many patients using telehealth for the first time. We assessed the effect of structured pre-visit preparatory telephone calls on success of telehealth visits and examined risk factors for unsuccessful visits.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study was carried out of 45,803 adult patients scheduled for a total of 64,447 telehealth appointments between March and July 2020 at an academic medical center.

Predicting Length of Stay of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Patients Using Machine Learning.

Background: There is a growing need to identify which bits of information are most valuable for healthcare providers. The aim of this study was to search for the highest impact variables in predicting postsurgery length of stay (LOS) for patients who undergo coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).

Materials And Methods: Using a single institution's Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Registry data, 2121 patients with elective or urgent, isolated CABG were analyzed across 116 variables.

Demographic Factors Associated With Successful Telehealth Visits in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients.

Background: This study evaluated synchronous audiovisual telehealth and audio-only visits for patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) to determine frequency of successful telehealth visits and determine what factors increase the likelihood of completion.

Methods: Data were collected from March to July 2020 in a tertiary care adult IBD clinic that was transitioned to a fully telehealth model. A protocol for telehealth was implemented.