Publications by authors named "B A Harris"
Automating excellence: A breakthrough in emergency general surgery quality benchmarking.
J Trauma Acute Care Surg
January 2025
Article Synopsis
- Developed an automated electronic health record (EHR)-linked registry to assess risks in emergency general surgery (EGS) using modified scoring systems, aiming to improve efficiency and accuracy.
- Analyzed data from 177 patients who underwent emergent surgeries between 2018-2023, finding an 18% mortality rate and 45% complication rate within 30 days post-surgery.
- The new scores (mESS and mPOTTER) showed strong agreement with traditional risk calculators, indicating potential for better quality assessment in EGS.
Biological organisms engineer peptide sequences to fold into membrane pore proteins capable of performing a wide variety of transport functions. Synthetic de novo-designed membrane pores can mimic this approach to achieve a potentially even larger set of functions. Here we explore water, solute, and ion transport in three de novo designed β-barrel membrane channels in the 5-10 Å pore size range.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Objectives: Information communication technologies (ICTs) can enhance older adults' health and well-being. Most research on the use of voice-activated ICTs by older adults has focused on the experiences of individuals living in the community, excluding those who live in long-term care homes. Given evidence of the potential benefits of such technologies to mitigate social isolation and loneliness, more research is needed about their impacts in long-term care home settings.
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