Revenue Generation and Follow-up for a Hand Trauma Program for Emergency Department Patients in an Inner-City Metropolitan Area.

Background: Although hand trauma care has proved to be profitable, loss of trauma patients from a system may lead to revenue loss. Our study aimed to (1) elucidate the economic effect of hand trauma programs, (2) quantify the potential fiscal effect of loss of follow-up, and (3) determine factors contributing to leakage of patients from the healthcare system.

Methods: Revenue data were retrospectively extracted for all adult hand trauma patients within a multicenter healthcare system from 2014 to 2018.

Mutation-Specific SARS-CoV-2 PCR Screen: Rapid and Accurate Detection of Variants of Concern and the Identification of a Newly Emerging Variant with Spike L452R Mutation.

The emergence of more transmissible and/or more virulent severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants of concern (VOC) has triggered intensive genomic surveillance, which is costly and difficult to sustain operationally over the long term. To address this problem, we developed a set of four multiplex mutation-specific PCR-based assays with same-day reporting that can detect five VOC and three variants of interest (VOI), as defined in the March 2021 guidelines from the U.S.

Leading Change and Negotiation Strategies for Division Leaders in Clinical Medicine.

Most physician leaders assume their administrative role based on past achievements but with very little leadership training. In this article, leaders of the Association of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Division Directors describe two leadership skills that are often required to effectively lead in a clinical division at an academic or community hospital setting: leading change and negotiation strategy. We adopted our discussion from the business sector and refined the approaches through our own experiences to help division leaders in leading a successful team, whether as a division chief, residency or fellowship program director, or a clinical service director.

Perioperative Care of Children Undergoing Intra-arterial Chemotherapy for Retinoblastoma.

Retinoblastoma (RB) is a rare cancer of the eye, most commonly seen in children. Intra-arterial chemotherapy for RB is a relatively new treatment modality that has gained increasing popularity worldwide. The principal underlying the intra-arterial approach is delivery of chemotherapeutic agents directly to the site of the tumor.