A Novel Point-of-Care Solution to Streamline Local Wound Formulary Development and Promote Cost-effective Wound Care.

Objective: To develop and implement a point-of-care digital solution to streamline the creation and maintenance of wound care product formularies and promote cost-effective wound management.

Methods: Researchers used Design Thinking methodology to develop the Formulary Module, a point-of-care digital solution within a clinical and reimbursement decision support web application for wound care and hyperbaric clinicians. The module was implemented in a US hospital-based outpatient wound clinic as follows: A baseline list of products was established, with brands automatically grouped by product category.

A New Mobile-responsive Solution to Increase Patient Adherence: Instant Personalized Product Handouts.

Objective: This study aims to develop a solution for clinicians to quickly generate customized product handouts with clinical, coverage, pricing, and supplier information for patients, with the goal of increasing patient adherence.

Methods: Using design thinking methodology, a digital solution was developed as a module within a clinical/reimbursement decision-support web application for wound care and hyperbaric clinicians. The module was tested at 4 wound clinics (beta-sites) located in the Midwest region of the United States following a 1-group posttest study design.

Health Service Quality Scale: Brazilian Portuguese translation, reliability and validity.

Background: The Health Service Quality Scale is a multidimensional hierarchical scale that is based on interdisciplinary approach. This instrument was specifically created for measuring health service quality based on marketing and health care concepts. The aim of this study was to translate and culturally adapt the Health Service Quality Scale into Brazilian Portuguese and to assess the validity and reliability of the Brazilian Portuguese version of the instrument.

Benchmarking academic plastic surgery services in the United States.

Rising health care costs and increasingly demanding patients are only some of the challenges faced by academic plastic surgery services in their pursuit of excellence in education, research, and patient care. Benchmarking, when correctly applied, is a powerful tool that can help services learn from each other's experiences. This study aimed at creating the first benchmarking report summarizing performance indicators and management practices of some of the most complete academic plastic surgery units in the United States.