Translation of a patient-surgeon relationship assessment instrument (Q-PASREL) into six languages.

The Questionnaire for Patient-Surgeon Relationship (Q-PASREL) is a French "Patient-Reported Experience Measure" for hand surgery patients. It is the only one which considers the impact of the patient-surgeon relationship on time to return to work and cooperation by the surgeon for administrative issues. It has been shown that a good Q-PASREL score is associated with shorter sick leave and faster return to work.

Patient Perspectives on Value Dimensions of Lung Cancer Care: Cross-sectional Web-Based Survey.

Background: While the lung cancer (LC) treatment landscape has rapidly evolved in recent years, easing symptom burden and treatment side effects remain central considerations in disease control.

Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the relative importance of dimensions of LC care to patients, and to explore the disease burden, including socioeconomic aspects not commonly covered in patient-reported outcomes instruments.

Methods: A questionnaire was sent to patients with LC and their caregivers to rate the value of a diverse set of quality of life dimensions in care, to evaluate communication between health care professionals (HCPs) and patients, and to explore the economic impact on respondents.

Comparable reliability and acceptability of telepsychiatry and face-to-face psychiatric assessments in the emergency room setting.

Objective: This study aims to compare the reliability and acceptability of psychiatric interviews using telepsychiatry and face-to-face modalities in the emergency room setting.

Methods: In this prospective observational feasibility study, psychiatric patients ( = 38) who presented in emergency rooms between April and June 2020, went through face-to-face and videoconference telepsychiatry interviews in a non-randomised varying order. Interviewers and a senior psychiatry resident who observed both interviews determined diagnosis, recommended disposition and indication for involuntary admission.

Validity of the French version of Catquest-9SF and use of an electronic notepad for entering patient-reported outcome measures.

Background: The Catquest-9SF questionnaire is a patient reported outcome measure that quantifies the visual benefits from cataract surgery. The purpose of this study was to translate and adapt the Catquest-9SF questionnaire for France, to assess its psychometric properties via Rasch analysis, and to assess its validity when completed using an electronic notepad.

Methods: The Catquest-9SF questionnaire was translated following the guidelines of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research.

Impact of Real-World Data on Market Authorization, Reimbursement Decision & Price Negotiation.

Real-world data (RWD) and real-world evidence (RWE) appear now as complementary to traditional randomized controlled trials (RCT), that remain the gold standard of the evidence. This review aims to illustrate how health authorities in France, United States (USA) and United Kingdom (UK) can integrate RWD and RWE in market authorization discussions and in new pathways of price and reimbursement negotiations. We conducted a review from the literature, online investigations and interviews.

Impact of Patient-Surgeon Relationship on Patient's Return to Work.

Background: Upper-limb injuries and musculoskeletal disorders represent a major economic burden for both patients and society, largely due to limitations in returning to work. We hypothesized that a positive patient-surgeon relationship may facilitate patients' recovery and lead to a faster return to work.

Methods: This longitudinal observational study comprised 219 patients, from 8 French hand trauma centers, who were 18 to 55 years of age and were on sick leave from work because of an injury or musculoskeletal disorder of the upper limb.

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Increased Prevalence of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in Hospitalized Patients.

Objective: To assess the prevalence of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) and its individual phenotypes of coronary artery disease (CAD), peripheral artery disease (PAD), and cerebrovascular disease by age and sex in a large US cohort of hospitalized patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).

Methods: A nested case-control study of adults with and without SLE was conducted from the January 1, 2008, through December 31, 2014, National Inpatient Sample. Hospitalized patients with SLE were matched (1:3) by age, sex, race, and calendar year to hospitalized patients without SLE.

21st-Century Oncology Drug Safety via New-Age Regulatory Standards and Practices.

There is no such thing as a drug that is 100% safe or effective. Determining whether or not a new oncology treatment (or an additional indication for an existing medicine) should be approved by a regulatory licensing authority is, ultimately, as much regulatory science as public health art and nuance. There are many dynamic shifts in regulatory science (expedited review pathways, biomarker validation, use of real-world evidence, expanded off-label usage, etc) interpreted and expressed within the context of 21st-century oncology drug development, and these new tools and the learnings gleaned from them are helping to advance patient care.

Implications of CRISPR-Based Germline Engineering for Cancer Survivors.

Cancer survivors can carry germline mutations that will be transmitted to their progeny. Today, many of these mutations have been identified and can be tracked. With the recent development of genome-editing technologies and CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats), the possibility of genetically modifying the human germline-gametes and embryos-has never been closer.

[The French health care funding system for research and innovation in oncology].

Introduction: This article provides an overview of the French health system with respect to allocation of public resources to hospitals, to encourage research and innovation, particularly in the field of oncology. It is explained in a historical, economic and scientific perspective.

Results: Important structural and conceptual reforms (T2A, HPST law, etc.

Systemic lupus erythematosus and the risk of perioperative major adverse cardiovascular events.

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a significant risk factor for cardiovascular disease. The relationship between SLE and perioperative cardiovascular risks following non-cardiac surgery is uncertain. We investigated associations between a diagnosis of SLE and outcomes following major non-cardiac surgery in a large national database from the United States.

Development of an instrument evaluating the impact of surgeon-patient relationship in patients on sick leave.

: To date, no specific instruments exist to measure the quality of the patient-surgeon relationship despite its potential to influence clinical and economic outcomes in patients undergoing surgery for musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). : The objective was to develop and validate an instrument to assess the quality of the patient-surgeon relationship, taking into account the return to work after functional restoration surgery. : The instrument development was based on literature review, cognitive interviews and expert examinations.

A Randomized Trial of Fixed-Dose Combination Brinzolamide 1%/Brimonidine 0.2% as Adjunctive Therapy to Travoprost 0.004.

Purpose: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of adding fixed-combination brinzolamide 1%/brimonidine 0.2% (BBFC) as adjunctive therapy to travoprost 0.004% (TRAV) in patients with open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension.

Cannabis and Alcohol Abuse Among First Psychotic Episode Inpatients.

Background: Psychoactive substance abuse, which includes abuse of alcohol and street drugs, is common among first-episode psychosis patients, but the prevalence of cannabis abuse is particularly high. However, there have been very few reported studies concerning the occurrence of psychoactive substance abuse among first-episode psychotic individuals using standard toxicological testing. We study the prevalence of cannabis and alcohol abuse among first-psychoticepisode inpatients as well as compare the demographic, diagnostic, and psychopathological profiles of substance abusers versus nonusers.

Economic Impact of Gene Expression Profiling in Patients with Early-Stage Breast Cancer in France.

Background And Aims: The heterogeneous nature of breast cancer can make decisions on adjuvant chemotherapy following surgical resection challenging. Oncotype DX is a validated gene expression profiling test that predicts the likelihood of adjuvant chemotherapy benefit in early-stage breast cancer. The aim of this study is to determine the costs of chemotherapy in private hospitals in France, and evaluate the cost-effectiveness of Oncotype DX from national insurance and societal perspectives.

Drug-eluting stents: the past, present, and future.

Since the advent of percutaneous coronary intervention, enormous advances have been made in the treatment of coronary artery disease. Angioplasty and bare metal stents were plagued by high rates of restenosis leading to repeat revascularization procedures. Examination of the underlying pathophysiology of restenosis led to the development of drug-eluting stents to reduce neointimal hyperplasia.

Applying quality principles to orthopaedic surgery.

The unsustainable rising cost of medical care is creating financial pressures that will critically alter the way that health care is paid for and delivered. Limited resources dictate that physicians must become more efficient at providing high quality care. In an effort to provide financial incentive for delivering quality care, the federal government instituted value-based purchasing to transform Medicare from a passive payer of claims to an active purchaser of medical care.

Cannabis Withdrawal - A New Diagnostic Category in DSM-5.

Background: Cannabis withdrawal was not formally recognized by the DSM-IV classification but is listed, albeit without diagnostic criteria by ICD-10. The American Psychiatric Association recently has included cannabis withdrawal into DSM-5 classification as part of the "Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders" Section. However, many psychiatrists as well as other medical professionals have very little information, if at all, about the new diagnostic entity.

Three-month randomized trial of fixed-combination brinzolamide, 1%, and brimonidine, 0.2%.

Importance: This study evaluates the contribution of the individual components of an investigational non-β-antagonist fixed combination of brinzolamide, 1%, and brimonidine, 0.2%. This study and its sister study provide the first randomized data showing the intraocular pressure (IOP)-lowering activity and the toxicity profile of this novel topical antihypertensive fixed combination.

The persistence of Staphylococcus aureus decolonization after mupirocin and topical chlorhexidine: implications for patients requiring multiple or delayed procedures.

Preoperative screening and decolonization of methicillin-sensitive and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA and MRSA, respectively) are advocated to reduce surgical site infections. We determined the rate and duration of decolonization in patients undergoing elective orthopedic surgery. Patients undergoing elective orthopedic surgery were seen in our preoperative testing program (PAT) and had their anterior nares cultured for MRSA and MSSA.

Maintenance of certification and keys to passing the recertification examination.

The American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery requires that each board-certified orthopaedic surgeon recertify every 10 years. This formal procedure of demonstrating competence as a surgeon, which used to be known as recertification, has been replaced by a more comprehensive process termed maintenance of certification (MOC). Even an experienced orthopaedic surgeon may find achieving MOC a daunting prospect.

A comparative study of Arab and Jewish patients admitted for psychiatric hospitalization in Jerusalem: the demographic, psychopathologic aspects, and the drug abuse comorbidity.

Background: The influence of ethnicity on different aspects of psychiatric hospitalization is far from clear.

The Aim Of The Study: The main aim of the study was to compare the Arab and the Jewish inpatients, at the time of admission, for the demographic factors, severity of psychotic, and affective psychopathology and comorbid drug abuse rate. POPULATION, METHOD, AND TOOLS: Among 250 consecutively admitted patients in the Jerusalem Mental Health Center-Kfar Shaul Hospital, 202 Jews and 42 Arabs (aged 18-65 years) were examined within 48 hours after admission.