Optimizing outcomes: A retrospective analysis of discharge safety for elderly mTBI patients on anticoagulation therapy.

Background: Mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBIs) pose a significant risk, particularly in the elderly population on anticoagulation therapy. The safety of discharging these patients from the emergency department (ED) with a negative initial computed tomography (CT) scan has been debated due to the risk of delayed intracranial hemorrhage (d-ICH).

Objective: To compare outcomes, including d-ICH, between elderly patients on anticoagulation therapy presenting with mTBI who were admitted versus discharged from the ED after an initial negative head CT scan.

Development of a mobile training app to assist radiographers' diagnostic assessments.

The current study reduced the time lag between performing a diagnostic assessment and identifying a critical finding in CT and MRI exams through improving radiographers' abilities to identify those critical findings. Radiographers' diagnostic assessments in CT and MRI exams were used to develop a mobile training application with the aim to improve radiographers' awareness of critical findings. The current research used data analytics to examine radiographers' interpretation of imaging studies from a privately owned medical group in Israel.

The impact of an electronic reminder on the use of alarms after separation from cardiopulmonary bypass.

Introduction: During cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) monitor alarms are routinely disabled. Failure to reactivate these alarms after CPB may jeopardize patient safety. We have produced an electronic reminder that automatically alerts clinicians to reactivate alarms after CPB and have evaluated the alarm reactivation rate after its implementation.