In a Portland Business Journal article, OHSU is mentioned as a stakeholder in House Bill 2697, which would make Oregon the first state to codify nurse-to-patient ratios for hospital settings, alleviating staffing shortages.

In an OncLive interview, Sasha Sokolova, M.D., discusses the evaluation of rucaparib vs. physician’s choice standard of care therapy in patients with BRCA-positive metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

A “unique presentation on digital dermatopathology slides and the usefulness of a digital platform for research and patient education” by Sancy Leachman, M.D., Ph.D., was noted in a Doximity op-ed on the “hot topics” from the annual American Academy of Dermatology meeting.

A science roundup from OPB mentions OHSU’s recent research to identify a medication to treat alcoholism, which could help prevent the nearly 150,000 alcohol-related deaths in the U.S. each year.

32 Native American students at Mazama High School have joined On Track OHSU!, a college and career readiness program that supports underrepresented student populations in pursuit of medical careers.

An OHSU research team confirms discontinuing use of THC can at least partly reverse its negative effects, helping clinicians better counsel patients who are thinking about family planning.

The United States is seeing an increase in reports of candida auris, an often drug-resistant fungal pathogen. OHSU has a strong protocol of infection prevention and control to minimize the risk of spreading pathogens in the hospital, including C. auris.

In a segment from OPB, Karen Bos, M.D., M.P.H., discusses The Bridge Clinic at OHSU, a partnership with Lifeworks NW and OHA which provides outpatient community-based mental health services for youth in need of urgent care.

An effort started by the John Day Elks Club has led to more than 16,500 handmade quilts being donated to the OHSU Casey Eye Institute. Franny White says: "The lovingly made quilts comfort young patients before surgery and provide reassurance that OHSU Elks Children’s Eye Clinic surgical patients are in good hands."

Jordan Anderson, D.O., and Jennifer Arnold, B.S.N., RN, discuss long COVID. Anderson says many patients with the chronic condition are also dealing with mental health challenges: “Oftentimes, the situations that people are in with long COVID are very difficult and challenging, which can contribute to depression. The most important thing that I’ve been able to do for the patients that I’ve seen is to listen and validate them.”