A Novel Design-Thinking, Hospital Innovation Core Certificate Curriculum for Radiologists and Trainees: Creation, Implementation, and Multiyear Results.

Rationale And Objectives: Innovation is a crucial skill for physicians and researchers, yet traditional medical education does not provide instruction or experience to cultivate an innovative mindset. This study evaluates the effectiveness of a novel course implemented in an academic radiology department training program over a 5-year period designed to educate future radiologists on the fundamentals of medical innovation.

Materials And Methods: A pre- and post-course survey and examination were administered to residents who participated in the innovation course (MESH Core) from 2018 to 2022.

Evaluating the Quality of Virtual Urgent Care: Barriers, Motivations, and Implementation of Quality Measures.

Background: Experts estimate virtual urgent care programs could replace approximately 20% of current emergency department visits. In the absence of widespread quality guidance to programs or quality reporting from these programs, little is known about the state of virtual urgent care quality monitoring initiatives.

Objective: We sought to characterize ongoing quality monitoring initiatives among virtual urgent care programs.

Qualitative Evaluation of Quality Measurement Within Emergency Clinician-Staffed Telehealth Programs.

Study Objective: Emergency clinician-staffed telehealth programs seek to provide equitable, safe, efficient, effective, and patient-centered care. However, early studies show conflicting evidence on whether this aim is accomplished. Furthermore, how programs track the efficacy and safety of their programs remains largely unexplored.

Megakaryocyte Polyploidization and Proplatelet Formation in Low-Attachment Conditions.

-derived platelets (PLTs), which could provide an alternative source of PLTs for patient transfusions, are formed from polyploid megakaryocytes (MKs) that extend long cytoplasmic projections, termed proplatelets (proPLTs). In this study, we compared polyploidization and proPLT formation (PPF) of MKs cultured on surfaces that either promote or inhibit protein adsorption and subsequent cell adhesion. A megakaryoblastic cell line exhibited increased polyploidization and arrested PPF on a low-attachment surface.