The outpatient clinic is one of the newest developments in hospital history. Its main function is the same as that of the inpatient service, care of the sick. Yet it diff [...]

Research shows that measurement-based care (MBC) in psychiatry improves accuracy in diagnosis and patient outcomes; however, implementation and adoption in practice has b [...]

Needle procedures, like immunizations and phlebotomy, are very common in outpatient settings that provide care to the pediatric population. Though much is known about the [...]

Change does not always result in improvement but all improvement requires change. Resistance to change is one of the primary reasons that changes fail in an organization. [...]

Graduate students are often utilized to co-lead skills training groups alongside licensed clinicians but despite the longstanding use of student co-leaders, there is a la [...]

Research demonstrates measurement-based care (MBC) in psychiatry improves patient outcomes and quality of life, as well as provides data for continual quality improvement [...]

Suicide is the tenth leading cause of death in the United States and the eight- leading cause of death in Oregon. The root cause for many suicides is an inadequate suicid [...]

Adherence to laboratory testing was challenging for patients at an outpatient community mental health clinic (OC), in part due to a lack of access to onsite laboratory se [...]

Several databases have been developed in rheumatology to profile the morbidity patterns of rheumatic diseases in the country and to capture detailed clinical and outcome [...]