Surgery

Despite relatively high rate of complications, patients report improvements in self-esteem and in seven health-related quality-of-life domains

Results show little progress across all five reform areas outlined in 2018 consensus statement

50 of 51 health care facilities surveyed lacking in some or all of the five components of the WHO multimodal hand hygiene strategy

Incidence of in-hospital death, major complications similar when the attending surgeon operated the night before

Gains in cognitive skills, adaptive function slower for children with low cognition, low adaptive behavior with hearing aids versus implants

Experience of mistreatment or discrimination by patients, families, visitors independently linked with higher odds of burnout

For patients with stage II/III esophageal cancer, five-year survival is improved with early versus delayed esophagectomy

Mean total task time less for those using clinical decision support software prototype versus current standard electronic health record workflow

Risks for all-cause mortality and hospitalization for heart failure reduced according to meta-analysis of data from two randomized trials

Patients with more severe findings less likely to have prolonged delays; current smokers had more delays than former smokers