Whence we came, whither we go?

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Quality care: where we came from and where we must go.

The focus of this new column will be to showcase innovative work that has advanced quality in areas of practice and care delivery that are of interest to the practicing oncology nurse. Examples include, but are not limited to, practice environment innovation, patient outcomes and experiences of care, team effectiveness, and unit-based or institutionwide system changes.

CATs: Whither and whence

In this essay I sketch the background that gave rise to adaptive testing and frame a discussion of CAT’s progress around Bert Green’s expectations of the advantages of this technology. Data from the first decade of operational CATs are used to compare what has happened to what was hoped for. I find that some of the goals for CAT that Green expressed are close to being accomplished, but that mos...

Whither lung EIT: where are we, where do we want to go and what do we need to get there?

Breathing moves volumes of electrically insulating air into and out of the lungs, producing conductivity changes which can be seen by electrical impedance tomography (EIT). It has thus been apparent, since the early days of EIT research, that imaging of ventilation could become a key clinical application of EIT. In this paper, we review the current state and future prospects for lung EIT, by a ...

TLA+: Whence, Wherefore, and Whither