A nationwide virtual telestroke program implemented throughout the Veterans Health Administration reduced the need for emergency department interhospital transfers within the VA by matching patients to their appropriate level of care for their stroke; Helmi Lutsep, M.D., says: “The ability to stay at the local VA may increase veteran satisfaction and provide potential resource savings for the VA,” adding that the study's findings also could be applied to other telestroke programs that are dispersed across geographical regions.

Jae Downing, Ph.D., says even hospitals who receive a 100% score in the Human Rights campaign Foundation’s annual Healthcare Equality Index have room for improvement, adding the index “can be really important in getting various folks on board with the idea of LGBT health.”

The University of Oregon football team invited Doernbecher patients to visit their facilities and meet the players; Child Life Therapy Specialist Hannah Ono, M.A., CCLS, says: "These types of events are just bright memories they will always be able to look back on during such a hard part of their lives,” noting hospital stays can be tough, and days like these can bring some much-needed positivity.

OHSU partners with local nonprofit, Healing Hurt People, to break the cycle of violence affecting many people of color in Portland.

Diane Stadler, Ph.D., RDN, LD, provides practical advice on how to buy nutritious food while on a budget, including buying bread with at least three grams of fiber per serving and buying both fresh and frozen produce.

Shelby Boyd shares her long COVID experience, which also led her to have POTS, or Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, a condition that causes her to have an increased heart rate and blackouts; Jordan Anderson, D.O., says: “The symptoms we’re seeing has led to an increase of a diagnosis of POTS in this population. This is something that affects people chronically, on a daily basis and really affects their ability to do their activities of daily life including working and taking care of their children.”

To welcome in the spring season, Sancy Leachman, M.D., Ph.D., and Elizabeth Berry, M.D., share tips and tricks for using sunscreen, sun-protective clothing and how to perform skin checks.

Art Hung, M.D., discusses the Provider Summit in Roseburg, co-arranged by the Roseburg Community Cancer Center and OHSU. Hung says: “We've been working for decades on ways to reduce side effects with our technology and we have significantly reduced them to the point where the majority of people going through treatment say, 'wow that was easy.' Simultaneously, we're working on making the radiation treatment much more convenient. What used to take 6-10 weeks now we can reduce down to 1-5 weeks even."

Continued coverage of a study led by Jane Zhu, M.D., that found telemedicine made mental health treatment easier to access for many patients, but some people got left behind when care moved online.