Implementation of patient-reported outcome dashboards within the electronic health record to support shared decision-making in serious chronic illness.

Background: Attending to patient-reported outcomes (PROs) using data visualisation dashboards could enhance shared decision-making (SDM) and care delivery for serious chronic illnesses. However, few studies have evaluated real-world strategies and resulting implementation outcomes of PRO dashboards.

Method: From June 2020 to January 2022, we implemented an electronic health record (EHR)-integrated PRO dashboard for advanced cancer and chronic kidney disease.

First-year burden of disease for babies admitted to special care nurseries: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Aim: This systematic review aimed to report on health outcomes of newborn babies admitted to special care nurseries up to age 1 year, and where possible, compare their outcomes with those of healthy term babies.

Methods: Systematic searches through Ovid MEDLINE, PubMed and Embase databases. We included studies reporting outcomes up to age 1 year for special care nursery babies and moderate-late preterm babies, restricting to studies published after 2000.

In-depth feasibility study on conservative surgery, perioperative high-dose-rate brachytherapy, and external beam radiation therapy, with a focus on interstitial brachytherapy for soft tissue sarcomas: Insights from a single-institute experience.

Purpose: Soft tissue sarcomas (STS) due to their aggressive nature, pose challenges in achieving optimal local control (LC) rates following surgery. Brachytherapy offers precise delivery of high radiation doses to target tissues, potentially enhancing LC rates. This feasibility study explored the efficacy of perioperative high-dose-rate brachytherapy (PHDRB) and external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) in improving LC rates for STS, with a particular focus on interstitial brachytherapy and dose escalation strategies for high-risk patient sub-groups.

Non tuberculous Mycobacterial Surgical Site Infections after Laparoscopic Surgery: A Case Series of 37 Patients.

Nontuberculous mycobacterial surgical site infections (SSIs) have a distinct course of disease with diagnosis and treatment presenting challenges. Thirty-seven patients who underwent various procedures and then developed late SSI due to nontuberculous mycobacteria included in this case series. Samples were sent for diagnosis.