Integration of behavioral health in collaborative care settings has demonstrated positive outcomes including improvement in emotional, behavioral, and psychosocial aspect [...]

December 2015 issue of the Scribe. Contents include: "Year of collaborations: Systems, insurers join forces to keep pace with changing health-care landscape," "MSMP membe [...]

Patients schedule appointments to help them with their health conditions yet they don't always keep them. This poses risks to patients' health, costs society, and is a si [...]

To meet the quadruple aim, healthcare organizations must make improvements in quality and efficiency. Many have adopted Lean management principles as an improvement struc [...]

July 2015 issue of the Scribe. Contents include: "OHSU restructuring approach to medical school," "Organizational professionalism charter takes shape," "Preventing fatigu [...]

Surgical smoke (SS) is generated by various instruments used for surgical procedures and poses many occupational hazards to operating room (OR) personnel. Adverse health [...]

The delivery of health care, particularly in the area of preventive medicine has become an issue of national concern. Proper utilization of trained medical and para-medic [...]

Health Information Technology (HIT) has transformed healthcare into a data rich industry. However, the growing amount of data and information generated brought unintende [...]