RAG time: rapid access general surgery - a shared-care protocol to convert after-hours inpatient to daytime outpatient surgery
Can J Surg. 2023 Nov 1;66(6):E535-E538. doi: 10.1503/cjs.004022. Print 2023 Nov-Dec.ABSTRACTA rapid access general surgery (RAG) pilot protocol was implemented at the Vernon Jubilee Hospital in January 2021 in which surgeons seeing patients in the emergency department (ED) could access operating time set aside once per week. Appropriate patients discharged from the ED were scheduled into this time, usually with a different surgeon than the initial triaging surgeon. In this article, we discuss the outcomecs of the pilot project. This innovative reorganization of existing resources converted many patients from after-hours to...
Source: Canadian Journal of Surgery - November 1, 2023 Category: Surgery Authors: Hamish Hwang Chad Rideout Source Type: research
The impact of targeted fee increases on the pay disparity between female and male general surgeons in British Columbia
CONCLUSION: Targeted fee increases reduced pay disparity between male and female general surgeons compared with theoretical across-the-board fee increases in British Columbia from 2010/11 to 2019/20, but not uniformly; some fee increases resulted in increased disparity. Other physician groups should conduct a similar analysis and allocate future fee changes with the aim of improving rather than worsening disparity.PMID:37914209 | PMC:PMC10620007 | DOI:10.1503/cjs.000922 (Source: Canadian Journal of Surgery)
Source: Canadian Journal of Surgery - November 1, 2023 Category: Surgery Authors: Hamish Hwang Anise Barton Daniel Jenkin Tracy M Scott Source Type: research
Considering human cognitive architecture in stressful medical prehospital interventions might benefit care providers
Can J Surg. 2023 Nov 1;66(6):E522-E534. doi: 10.1503/cjs.015422. Print 2023 Nov-Dec.ABSTRACTPeople suffering from critical injuries/illness face marked challenges before transportation to definitive care. Solutions to diagnose and intervene in the prehospital setting are required to improve outcomes. Despite advances in artificial intelligence and robotics, near-term practical interventions for catastrophic injuries/illness will require humans to perform unfamiliar, uncomfortable and risky interventions. Development of posttraumatic stress disorder is already disproportionately high among first responders and correlates wi...
Source: Canadian Journal of Surgery - November 1, 2023 Category: Surgery Authors: Andrew W Kirkpatrick Jessica L McKee Robert Barrett Kyle Couperus Juan Wachs Source Type: research
RAG time: rapid access general surgery - a shared-care protocol to convert after-hours inpatient to daytime outpatient surgery
Can J Surg. 2023 Nov 1;66(6):E535-E538. doi: 10.1503/cjs.004022. Print 2023 Nov-Dec.ABSTRACTA rapid access general surgery (RAG) pilot protocol was implemented at the Vernon Jubilee Hospital in January 2021 in which surgeons seeing patients in the emergency department (ED) could access operating time set aside once per week. Appropriate patients discharged from the ED were scheduled into this time, usually with a different surgeon than the initial triaging surgeon. In this article, we discuss the outcomecs of the pilot project. This innovative reorganization of existing resources converted many patients from after-hours to...
Source: Canadian Journal of Surgery - November 1, 2023 Category: Surgery Authors: Hamish Hwang Chad Rideout Source Type: research
The impact of targeted fee increases on the pay disparity between female and male general surgeons in British Columbia
CONCLUSION: Targeted fee increases reduced pay disparity between male and female general surgeons compared with theoretical across-the-board fee increases in British Columbia from 2010/11 to 2019/20, but not uniformly; some fee increases resulted in increased disparity. Other physician groups should conduct a similar analysis and allocate future fee changes with the aim of improving rather than worsening disparity.PMID:37914209 | PMC:PMC10620007 | DOI:10.1503/cjs.000922 (Source: Canadian Journal of Surgery)
Source: Canadian Journal of Surgery - November 1, 2023 Category: Surgery Authors: Hamish Hwang Anise Barton Daniel Jenkin Tracy M Scott Source Type: research
