Clinical evaluation of a multiplex PCR-based test for joint infection: a prospective diagnostic accuracy study of forty-nine patients.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy (sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV)) of the PCR-based BioFire® Joint Infection Panel (BJI Panel) against microbiological culture growth for patients suspected of having a native or prosthetic joint infection.

Methods: Synovial fluid and tissue biopsies were prospectively collected from patients from June 2022 to June 2023. The results of the BJI Panel were compared with those of culture growth.

The carbon footprint of hospital diagnostic imaging in Australia.

Background: Pathology testing and diagnostic imaging together contribute 9% of healthcare's carbon footprint. Whilst the carbon footprint of pathology testing has been undertaken, to date, the carbon footprint of the four most common imaging modalities is unclear.

Methods: We performed a prospective life cycle assessment at two Australian university-affiliated health services of five imaging modalities: chest X-ray (CXR), mobile chest X-ray (MCXR), computerised tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and ultrasound (US).

Cohort profile: CROSS-TRACKS: a population-based open cohort across healthcare sectors in Denmark.

Purpose: This paper describes the open cohort CROSS-TRACKS, which comprises population-based data from primary care, secondary care and national registries to study patient pathways and transitions across sectors while adjusting for sociodemographic characteristics.

Participants: A total of 221 283 individuals resided in the four Danish municipalities that constituted the catchment area of Horsens Regional Hospital in 2012-2018. A total of 96% of the population used primary care, 35% received at least one transfer payment and 66% was in contact with a hospital at least once in the period.

Validity and Reliability Evaluation of Four Commercial Activity Trackers' Step Counting Performance.

Introduction: Activity trackers are useful tools for physical rehabilitation purposes. Most available activity trackers are designed for fitness and wellness use, lacking in both accuracy and precision at lower speeds. Validity and reliability at all clinically relevant speeds are crucial selection criteria for use in clinical practice.

Towards a shared service centre for telemedicine: Telemedicine in Denmark, and a possible way forward.

Unlabelled: Although evidence of the effectiveness of telemedicine is accumulating, knowledge of how to make best use of telemedicine is limited. This article presents results from a multi-stakeholder project that developed a new concept, a 'shared service centre' for telemedicine that is envisioned as working across different telemedical initiatives to support the implementation and wider adoption of telemedicine. One year of participatory design and analysis of the shared service centre concept involved stakeholders, such as clinicians, patients, technicians, policy makers, lawyers, economists and information technology architects.