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Education on major depression screening in the jail system: a quality improvement project
Get PDFThe jail system has witnessed a surge in population as a consequence of legislative modifications. As the population has increased substantially, so has the number of individuals suffering from severe mental illness. The presence of major depression among incarcerated individuals frequently escaped early detection, resulting in prolonged treatment delays. The principal aim of this quality development initiative was to enhance clinicians' knowledge and application of the validated major depression screening instrument, Ultra-Brief 2-item Depression Screening, within the jail system
Technique optimization for adult computed tomography guided biopsy and drainage procedures with phantom and clinical dose metric analysis
No full textComputed tomography (CT) is an imaging modality commonly used as a diagnostic tool but is also utilized as a form of image guidance during clinical procedures that require 3D localization. The purpose of this study is to optimize the two most common CT procedures at OHSU: biopsy and drainage interventional procedures by adjusting the automatic tube current image quality reference setting and iterative reconstruction setting of the helical scan protocol used. The optimization will examine the impact of dose reduction on image quality
Improving malignant hyperthermia education for the non-operating room environment through high-fidelity simulation: a quality improvement project
Get PDFMalignant hyperthermia (MH) is a rare medical crisis that carries a dramatically decreased mortality rate when treated promptly. Training is not routine in the non- operating room anesthesia (NORA) setting. As NORA is becoming more prevalent, NORA clinical staff must have the appropriate training to respond to this emergency. The purpose of this quality improvement (QI) project was to improve the education of NORA clinical staff in the identification and management of MH. A secondary aim was to identify local institutional barriers in responding to an MH crisis and thus revise the standard operating procedures (SOP) accordingly
