Alex Ortega-Loayza, M.D., and the Oregon Rural Practice-based Research Network will implement a teledermatology program involving five Oregon clinics.

Becker’s Clinical Leadership summarizes a NEJM Catalyst case study that describes how OHSU created a new intake hospitalist role to oversee patient transfers in order to “accept ‘the right patient, at the right time, to the right place.’”

The Oregon Supreme Court has ruled that a defamation case of a patient suing OHSU for doctor’s notes about them in their medical record can go to trial.

Coverage of efforts to overhaul drug decriminalization in Oregon cites an OHSU-PSU School of Public Health study that found a 50% gap between existing treatment resourced and what is needed statewide.

Research by Erick Turner, M.D., and Rosa Ahn-Horst, M.D., M.P.H., suggests that the sedative alprazolam, also known as Xanax XR, may be less effective than believed. Turner says: “Our study throws some cold water on the efficacy of this drug."

Research by Erick Turner, M.D., and Rosa Ahn-Horst, M.D., M.P.H., suggests that the sedative alprazolam, also known as Xanax XR, may be less effective than believed. Turner says: “Our study throws some cold water on the efficacy of this drug."

Don Sullivan, M.D., participates in a Q&A with HemOnc Today on recently published research discussing miscommunication in cancer care. Sullivan says: “Counter to what clinicians may believe, patients expect and appreciate prognosis communication being delivered in a direct but empathetic way.”

OHSU researchers recruit participants for a study on the impact of broader access to emergency contraception.

While presenting at TCT 2023, Firas Zahr, M.D., shared “high rates of device and procedural success” in the Medtronic-sponsored early feasibility study of the Intrepid transcatheter mitral valve replacement system.

Laurel Hallock-Koppelman, D.N.P., says this of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s decision to extend coverage of telehealth substance use disorder treatment: “I’m really glad they decided to extend this. They really listened to the providers. The people with their boots on the ground that are seeing patients and seeing the benefits of telehealth."