An OHSU pilot program is billing patients in some instances when providers respond to electronic messages with complex requests that require time and expertise.

News coverage of calls to end the long-standing practice of universities and colleges withholding student transcripts due to outstanding debts notes OHSU recently changed its policy to end this practice.

William Messer, M.D., Ph.D., says updated, bivalent COVID-19 vaccines continue to protect people against hospitalization when they’re infected with the highly transmissible subvariant XBB.1.5.

Research by Fikadu Tafesse, Ph.D., and Marcel Curlin, M.D., finds immunity against COVID-19 gathers strength with more time between vaccination and infection and suggests vaccine boosters should be spaced no more frequently than a year apart.

The Lund Report describes how the OHSU School of Nursing’s Oregon Nursing Education Academy, which aims to prepare 63 clinical nurse faculty and 92 nurse preceptors by 2026, is helping address a shortage of educators needed to teach the next generation of clinical nurses.

OHSU’s and UC Davis’ joint COMPADRE program, which aims to transform both graduate medical education and health care in Southern Oregon and Northern California, is mentioned during a roundtable discussion on improving rural health care.

In a post on Informatics Professor and republished by HealthIT Answers, William Hersh, M.D., highlights the limitations of the artificial intelligence app ChatGPT. He writes, “I have no doubt that systems like ChatGPT will continue to advance, and that human knowledge workers will find ways to use them beneficially in their work. But I cannot imagine there not being a human in the loop somewhere, especially in medicine when you might need the skills of a surgeon, not to mention a physician with empathy and grace.”

The Oregonian publishes an op-ed written by Jennifer Mensik Kennedy, Ph.D., RN, in her role as American Nurses Association president that encourages both state and federal governments to address the nurse educator shortage by increasing funding and student enrollment at nursing schools.

In a story where experts provide their thoughts on how COVID-19 vaccines could be designed and administered moving forward, Mark Slifka, Ph.D., says it would be helpful to reduce vaccine side effects, which may be the reason that “a whole portion of the population” hasn’t received the updated, bivalent booster shots.

Research by Fikadu Tafesse, Ph.D., and Marcel Curlin, M.D., finds immunity against COVID-19 gathers strength with more time between vaccination and infection and suggests vaccine boosters should be spaced no more frequently than a year apart.