Search Trends and Quality of Online Resources Regarding Thyroidectomy.

Objective: Thyroidectomy is one of the most common procedures performed in head and neck surgery. The quality of online resources for thyroidectomy is unknown. We aim to evaluate search trends and online resource quality regarding thyroidectomy.

Waiting it out: consultation delays prolong in-patient length of stay.

Background: Decreasing delays for hospitalised patients results in improved hospital efficiency, increased quality of care and decreased healthcare expenditures. Delays in subspecialty consultations and procedures can cause increased length of stay due to reasons outside of necessary medical care.

Objective: To quantify, describe and record reasons for delays in consultations and procedures for patients on the general medicine wards.