Summary 94 million people are blind or visually impaired globally, and cataract is the most
common cause of blindness worldwide. However, most cases of blindness are avoidable …

Objective Identifying effective strategies to reduce waiting times is a crucial issue in many
areas of health services. Long waiting times for rehabilitation services have been associated …

Prioritizing patients is a growing concern in healthcare. Once resources are limited,
prioritization is considered an effective and viable solution in provision of healthcare …

Chest X-ray (CXR) is one of the most common radiological examinations for both
nonemergent and emergent clinical indications, but human error or lack of prioritization of …

Background The approval of lecanemab, an anti-amyloid therapy for Alzheimer's disease
(AD), necessitates addressing healthcare preparedness for disease-modifying treatment …

In response to unprecedented surges in the demand for hospital care during the SARS-CoV-
2 pandemic, health systems have prioritized patients with COVID-19 to life-saving hospital …

Objective Time spent waiting for access to orthopaedic specialist health services has been
suggested to result in increased pain in individuals with osteoarthritis (OA). We assessed …

As at August 2022, elective care waiting lists in England stood at 7 million open patient
pathways (NHS England 2022). This figure represents a record number of people1 waiting …

Background Demand for transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has increased in the
last decade, resulting in prolonged wait-times and undesirable health outcomes in many …

Prioritising elective surgery patients under the Australian three-category system is inherently
subjective due to variability in clinician decision making and the potential for extraneous …