Perceived usability and acceptability of the My-Hip Fracture risk communication tool from the perspective of academic clinicians.

Objective: We evaluated the usability and acceptability of My-Hip Fracture (My-HF), a web application that assists providers in delivering individualized prognostic information to patients hospitalized for hip fracture (HF).

Methods: We observed a sample of 16 clinicians as they navigated My-HF. We then administered a structured questionnaire and conducted semi-structured interviews to explore participants' opinions about the app's content and the feasibility of incorporating the app into clinical workflows.

Exploring the Utility of the Modified Hospitalized-Patient One-Year Mortality Risk Score to Trigger Referrals to Palliative Care for Inpatients With Cancer.

Background: Estimating prognosis can be a barrier to timely palliative care involvement. The modified Hospitalized-patient One-year Mortality Risk (mHOMR) score uses hospital admission data to calculate the risk of death within 12 months and may be a useful tool to trigger a referral to palliative care.

Methods: The mHOMR tool was retrospectively applied to consecutive acute admissions to a quaternary cancer center in Toronto, Canada from March 1 to May 31, 2018.

Laying the foundation for iCANmeditate: A mixed methods study protocol for understanding patient and oncologist perspectives on meditation.

Background: People with cancer experience heightened levels of stress and anxiety, including psychological or physical. In recent years, digitally delivered complimentary therapies, such as meditation, have gained attention in cancer research and advocacy communities for improving quality of life. However, most digital meditation resources are commercially available and are not tailored to the unique needs of cancer patients (addressing fears of recurrence).

With advancement in health technology comes great responsibility - Ethical and safety considerations for using digital health technology: A narrative review.

The accelerated adoption of digital health technologies in the last decades has raised important ethical and safety concerns. Despite the potency and usefulness of digital health technologies, addressing safety, and ethical considerations needs to take greater prominence. This review paper focuses on ethical and safety facets, including health technology-related risks, users' safety and well-being risks, security and privacy concerns, and risks to transparency and diminished accountability associated with the utilization of digital health technologies.

Trend of mortality and length of stay in the emergency department following implementation of a centralized sepsis alert system.

Introduction: Sepsis alerts based on laboratory and vital sign criteria were found insufficient to improve patient outcomes. While most early sepsis alerts were implemented into smaller scale operating systems, a centralized new approach may provide more benefits, overcoming alert fatigue, improving deployment of staff and resources, and optimizing the overall management of sepsis. The objective of the study was to assess mortality and length of stay (LOS) trends in emergency department (ED) patients, following the implementation of a centralized and automated sepsis alert system.