Background: This project aimed to introduce substance use screening, using the CRAFFT (Car, Relax, Alone, Forget, Family/Friends, Trouble) screening tool, into the routine care of adolescents using quality improvement strategies and tools.
Methods: We expanded a single-site project showing the successful introduction of CRAFFT screening into adolescent care to include the entire 34-site primary care network of a children's hospital in Northeastern Ohio. We deployed quality improvement methodology to facilitate the acceptance and use of the screener.
Histoplasmosis is arguably the most common fungal respiratory infection worldwide, with hundreds of thousands of new infections occurring annually in the United States alone. The infection can progress in the lung or disseminate to visceral organs and can be difficult to treat with antifungal drugs. , the causative agent of the disease, is a pathogenic fungus that causes life-threatening lung infections and is globally distributed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHistoplasmosis is an endemic mycosis that often presents as a respiratory infection in immunocompromised patients. Hundreds of thousands of new infections are reported annually around the world. The etiological agent of the disease, is a dimorphic fungus commonly found in the soil where it grows as mycelia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHistoplasmosis is an endemic mycosis that often presents as a respiratory infection in immunocompromised patients. Hundreds of thousands of new infections are reported annually around the world. The etiological agent of the disease, , is a dimorphic fungus commonly found in the soil where it grows as mycelia.
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