Nahla A Aly, Amina M Abdelrahman, Tarek E I Omar, Karin Ml Dowidar
Background: Management of children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can be challenging due to their disruptive behaviour. Basic behaviour management techniques (BMTs) may not be sufficient, and adjunctive strategies such as virtual reality (VR) glasses or white noise can be employed.
Aim: To assess and compare the effectiveness of VR, white noise and basic BMTs on dental anxiety and behaviour of children with ADHD.
Design: Forty-eight children with ADHD were recruited for this parallel, three-armed randomised controlled clinical trial, which involved three visits at one-week intervals, including examination, preventive measures and restorations. Children were randomly divided into three groups: VR, white noise and basic BMTs. Outcome measures were Faces Image Scale (FIS), Heart Rate (HR) and Venham's Behaviour Rating Scale (VBRS).
Results: No significant difference was found between the groups in FIS scores. White noise group had a significantly lower mean HR than control group in all visits. Scores of VBRS in VR and white noise groups were significantly lower than those in the control group during the restorative visit.
Conclusions: VR and white noise could be beneficial in managing dental anxiety and improving behaviour in children with ADHD and could be used as adjunctive strategies to basic BMTs.
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Kai Sheng, Ning Ding, Shi-Min Zhao, Hui Chen, Guang-Yun Lai, Jun Wang
Background: Regenerative endodontic procedures (REPs) is effective for treating young permanent teeth with pulp necrosis. However, its efficacy on delayed replanted avulsed teeth is unclear.
Aim: This retrospective study aimed to assess the efficacy of REPs in treating delayed replanted immature permanent teeth with apical periodontitis.
Design: Avulsed teeth receiving REPs were systematically screened based on predetermined criteria. This study assessed the REP outcomes, postoperative periodontal healing, and overall treatment efficacy. Samples were grouped by REP outcomes and root development stage, with Fisher's exact tests used to compare outcomes among different groups.
Results: Among the included 17 teeth, 47.1% exhibited successful REPs and periodontal healing. Another 47.1%, due to replacement resorption or REP failure, were categorized as tooth survival. Healing of periapical lesions was observed in 88.2% of the cases, but only 41.2% demonstrated continued root development. Although differences were not significant (p = 0.05), teeth with continued root development had a higher rate of functional healing (85.7%) compared to those without (30%).
Conclusion: Within the limitations of this study, REPs presented reliable outcomes for treating delayed replanted immature permanent teeth with apical periodontitis mainly in periapical lesion healing. Teeth with continued root development after REPs exhibited a higher rate of functional healing. Further investigation is required to explore potential synergies between REP outcomes and periodontal healing.
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<p>Some children and young people with kidney disease are at increased risk of opportunistic and severe oral infections due to their immunocompromised status arising from their renal disease, medical comorbidities and use of immunosuppressant medications. Untreated oral disease can also adversely affect renal patients' oral health-related quality of life.<span><sup>1</sup></span> Furthermore, poor oral health may also lead to patients being refused or delayed a kidney transplant due to concerns about post-transplant opportunistic infection. Caries has been shown to be prevalent amongst children and young people with kidney diseases (although less prevalent than the general population).<span><sup>2, 3</sup></span> Developmental defects of enamel are also more common in young people with kidney diseases<span><sup>3</sup></span> and drug-induced gingival overgrowth can arise from antihypertensive and antirejection medications.</p><p>Regular dental surveillance is especially important for those on immunosuppressants who are at increased risk of systemic cancers including lip and oral cancer and lymphoma.<span><sup>4</sup></span> An estimated 1%–2% of paediatric kidney transplant recipients will develop post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease within 5 years,<span><sup>5</sup></span> presenting signs of which could be oral soft tissue changes, neck or parotid lumps.</p><p>Invasive dental treatment in this group can also prove challenging due to complex medical histories which may necessitate specialist involvement. Early prevention, diagnosis and management of dental disease may therefore allow patients to avoid more invasive dental procedures and receive simpler treatment in a more convenient primary care setting. Due to the added complexity of dental care and potential effects of renal disease on the developing dentition, specialist paediatric dentistry input is recommended for all paediatric renal patients to optimise their oral health.</p><p>As such, a screening pathway was developed at Newcastle Dental Hospital for paediatric nephrology patients attending the Great North Children's Hospital. An initial pilot was completed in August 2020 of nine patients to assess project feasibility and troubleshoot the practicalities of inpatient-based ward screening. Pilot numbers were restricted due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The paediatric nephrology dental screening service then formally restarted in November 2021. A Microsoft Excel® (Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, USA) database was developed alongside the paediatric nephrology team to allow systematic screening, starting with those with the most impaired renal function. Efforts were made to co-ordinate screening appointments with existing medical appointments to minimise patient burden. Where possible, staff would complete screening on nephrotic and post-transplant outpatient clinics and peritoneal dialysis and haemodialysis wards. If dental concerns were identified, a subsequent appointmen
{"title":"Dental screening pathway for paediatric nephrology patients: A service development and evaluation","authors":"C. K. Wallace, V. Hind","doi":"10.1111/ipd.13248","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ipd.13248","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Some children and young people with kidney disease are at increased risk of opportunistic and severe oral infections due to their immunocompromised status arising from their renal disease, medical comorbidities and use of immunosuppressant medications. Untreated oral disease can also adversely affect renal patients' oral health-related quality of life.<span><sup>1</sup></span> Furthermore, poor oral health may also lead to patients being refused or delayed a kidney transplant due to concerns about post-transplant opportunistic infection. Caries has been shown to be prevalent amongst children and young people with kidney diseases (although less prevalent than the general population).<span><sup>2, 3</sup></span> Developmental defects of enamel are also more common in young people with kidney diseases<span><sup>3</sup></span> and drug-induced gingival overgrowth can arise from antihypertensive and antirejection medications.</p><p>Regular dental surveillance is especially important for those on immunosuppressants who are at increased risk of systemic cancers including lip and oral cancer and lymphoma.<span><sup>4</sup></span> An estimated 1%–2% of paediatric kidney transplant recipients will develop post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease within 5 years,<span><sup>5</sup></span> presenting signs of which could be oral soft tissue changes, neck or parotid lumps.</p><p>Invasive dental treatment in this group can also prove challenging due to complex medical histories which may necessitate specialist involvement. Early prevention, diagnosis and management of dental disease may therefore allow patients to avoid more invasive dental procedures and receive simpler treatment in a more convenient primary care setting. Due to the added complexity of dental care and potential effects of renal disease on the developing dentition, specialist paediatric dentistry input is recommended for all paediatric renal patients to optimise their oral health.</p><p>As such, a screening pathway was developed at Newcastle Dental Hospital for paediatric nephrology patients attending the Great North Children's Hospital. An initial pilot was completed in August 2020 of nine patients to assess project feasibility and troubleshoot the practicalities of inpatient-based ward screening. Pilot numbers were restricted due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The paediatric nephrology dental screening service then formally restarted in November 2021. A Microsoft Excel® (Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, USA) database was developed alongside the paediatric nephrology team to allow systematic screening, starting with those with the most impaired renal function. Efforts were made to co-ordinate screening appointments with existing medical appointments to minimise patient burden. Where possible, staff would complete screening on nephrotic and post-transplant outpatient clinics and peritoneal dialysis and haemodialysis wards. If dental concerns were identified, a subsequent appointmen","PeriodicalId":14268,"journal":{"name":"International journal of paediatric dentistry","volume":"34 S1","pages":"67-70"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/ipd.13248","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142140037","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
<p>Dental trauma has a high prevalence, with one in three preschool children sustaining a traumatic dental injury to the primary dentition and one in four school children to the permanent dentition.<span><sup>1</sup></span> Primary care provides a first-line contact for paediatric patients accessing emergency care within England. General Dental Practitioners are often the first clinicians to see children after they have sustained dental trauma.<span><sup>2</sup></span> Initial management can influence the long-term outcome for the teeth involved,<span><sup>3</sup></span> and dental trauma can have life-long implications on quality of life.<span><sup>1</sup></span> It is therefore important that the correct clinical care is provided at the first appointment, in a timely manner, with assessment made regarding the need for onward referral to a paediatric specialist.</p><p>The primary care practice in this service evaluation is situated in Yorkshire, England, and can refer children via an online referral system to either the local Community Dental Service (secondary care) or Leeds Dental Institute (tertiary care) for specialist paediatric dentistry. The practice has a patient base of both National Health Service (NHS) and private patients; children are seen on an NHS basis within the practice.</p><p>The International Association of Dental Traumatology (IADT) have produced comprehensive guidance for the management of traumatic dental injuries (TDIs), which provide a gold standard for dentists managing dental trauma. Primary care dentists, however, have been shown to have lower confidence levels in dealing with complex dental trauma.<span><sup>2</sup></span> Anecdotally within the practice, the dentists felt that there was an increase in the number of trauma cases that were presenting. The dentists' experience differed in number of years qualified and experience in dealing with traumatic dental injuries (TDIs). The service evaluation aimed to review the current management of TDI within the practice.</p><p>To evaluate the management of TDIs within a general dental practice setting.</p><p>Clinical records were retrospectively evaluated between the period of January 2021 to March 2023. Appointments that had been booked as ‘trauma’ on the practice electronic software were reviewed, and TDIs in primary and permanent dentitions were included. Data collection occurred pertaining to patient age, trauma history diagnosis, treatment provided, radiographs taken, onward referral and whether initial assessment and management of trauma was in line with IADT guidelines. Onward referrals were reviewed as to whether they met current local protocols for referral; the following injuries (in permanent teeth) were taken to be appropriate for referral to specialist care; avulsed teeth, crown–root fractures, luxation injuries and complicated enamel dentine fractures with open apices. Descriptive analysis of the results was undertaken.</p><p>An anonymous online survey was sen
{"title":"Improving dental trauma management in primary care: A team-based approach","authors":"V. Stevens","doi":"10.1111/ipd.13247","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ipd.13247","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Dental trauma has a high prevalence, with one in three preschool children sustaining a traumatic dental injury to the primary dentition and one in four school children to the permanent dentition.<span><sup>1</sup></span> Primary care provides a first-line contact for paediatric patients accessing emergency care within England. General Dental Practitioners are often the first clinicians to see children after they have sustained dental trauma.<span><sup>2</sup></span> Initial management can influence the long-term outcome for the teeth involved,<span><sup>3</sup></span> and dental trauma can have life-long implications on quality of life.<span><sup>1</sup></span> It is therefore important that the correct clinical care is provided at the first appointment, in a timely manner, with assessment made regarding the need for onward referral to a paediatric specialist.</p><p>The primary care practice in this service evaluation is situated in Yorkshire, England, and can refer children via an online referral system to either the local Community Dental Service (secondary care) or Leeds Dental Institute (tertiary care) for specialist paediatric dentistry. The practice has a patient base of both National Health Service (NHS) and private patients; children are seen on an NHS basis within the practice.</p><p>The International Association of Dental Traumatology (IADT) have produced comprehensive guidance for the management of traumatic dental injuries (TDIs), which provide a gold standard for dentists managing dental trauma. Primary care dentists, however, have been shown to have lower confidence levels in dealing with complex dental trauma.<span><sup>2</sup></span> Anecdotally within the practice, the dentists felt that there was an increase in the number of trauma cases that were presenting. The dentists' experience differed in number of years qualified and experience in dealing with traumatic dental injuries (TDIs). The service evaluation aimed to review the current management of TDI within the practice.</p><p>To evaluate the management of TDIs within a general dental practice setting.</p><p>Clinical records were retrospectively evaluated between the period of January 2021 to March 2023. Appointments that had been booked as ‘trauma’ on the practice electronic software were reviewed, and TDIs in primary and permanent dentitions were included. Data collection occurred pertaining to patient age, trauma history diagnosis, treatment provided, radiographs taken, onward referral and whether initial assessment and management of trauma was in line with IADT guidelines. Onward referrals were reviewed as to whether they met current local protocols for referral; the following injuries (in permanent teeth) were taken to be appropriate for referral to specialist care; avulsed teeth, crown–root fractures, luxation injuries and complicated enamel dentine fractures with open apices. Descriptive analysis of the results was undertaken.</p><p>An anonymous online survey was sen","PeriodicalId":14268,"journal":{"name":"International journal of paediatric dentistry","volume":"34 S1","pages":"63-66"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/ipd.13247","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142140039","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Leah I Stein Duker, Riley McGuire, Jocelyn Hernandez, Elizabeth Goodman, José C Polido
Background: Weighted blankets are one method to provide deep pressure touch sensations, which are associated with a calming effect on the nervous system. Weighted blankets have been reported to elicit a calming effect during stressful dental encounters and routine prophylactic visits in older adolescents and adults. Preliminary research suggests that weighted blankets are safe and feasible for children in both hospital and home settings; this, however, has not yet been examined in a paediatric dental environment.
Aim: To examine the feasibility, acceptability, and perceived effectiveness of a weighted blanket during paediatric dental care.
Design: This cross-sectional study examined child, caregiver, and dentist-reported responses to survey questions asking about their experience with the weighted blanket during care (n = 20 each per child and caregiver group, n = 9 dentists).
Results: The use of a weighted blanket is feasible, acceptable, and appropriate as reported by caregivers and dentists (means ≥ 4.70 on the Feasibility of Intervention, Acceptability of Intervention, and Intervention Appropriateness Measures). Few problems were described, and all groups overwhelmingly responded with enthusiasm, noted the blanket's potential for future use, and perceived that a weighted blanket improved care (means ≥ 4.10).
Conclusions: Study findings support the feasibility and acceptability of using a weighted blanket during a routine, noninvasive paediatric dental care.
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It is a pleasure once again to introduce our BSPD supplement. As ever, the 2024 supplement includes our annual conference abstracts and the Quality Improvement Bulletin. Our conference this year will be hosted by the South Wales Branch in Cardiff where the presidency will transfer from Prof Paula Waterhouse to Dr Shannu Bhatia. The conference has been organised under the local chair, Dr Rohini Mohan, and I am looking forward to an excellent programme, the usual networking opportunities as well as seeing the abstracts presented.
Reviewing the abstracts has provided an excellent insight into the breadth and quality of work going on in the speciality, and it is encouraging to see new innovations, new applications of methods and work putting children at the heart of what we do. I would especially like to thank members of the Conference Abstracts and Prizes Committee for their very hard work in reviewing the abstracts and in advance for their judging of the prize competitions.
Our Quality Improvement Briefing editor Dr Cheryl Somani has created an informative and interesting set of articles with a thought-provoking invited feature on virtual clinics from Lexy Lyne and Joe Noar. I must extend a warm congratulations to Cheryl and the rest of the QIB team, Armaana Ahmad and Claudia Heggie, for this important aspect of BSPD's work.
{"title":"Editorial BSPD Supplement 2024","authors":"Chris Vernazza","doi":"10.1111/ipd.13242","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ipd.13242","url":null,"abstract":"<p>It is a pleasure once again to introduce our BSPD supplement. As ever, the 2024 supplement includes our annual conference abstracts and the Quality Improvement Bulletin. Our conference this year will be hosted by the South Wales Branch in Cardiff where the presidency will transfer from Prof Paula Waterhouse to Dr Shannu Bhatia. The conference has been organised under the local chair, Dr Rohini Mohan, and I am looking forward to an excellent programme, the usual networking opportunities as well as seeing the abstracts presented.</p><p>Reviewing the abstracts has provided an excellent insight into the breadth and quality of work going on in the speciality, and it is encouraging to see new innovations, new applications of methods and work putting children at the heart of what we do. I would especially like to thank members of the Conference Abstracts and Prizes Committee for their very hard work in reviewing the abstracts and in advance for their judging of the prize competitions.</p><p>Our Quality Improvement Briefing editor Dr Cheryl Somani has created an informative and interesting set of articles with a thought-provoking invited feature on virtual clinics from Lexy Lyne and Joe Noar. I must extend a warm congratulations to Cheryl and the rest of the QIB team, Armaana Ahmad and Claudia Heggie, for this important aspect of BSPD's work.</p>","PeriodicalId":14268,"journal":{"name":"International journal of paediatric dentistry","volume":"34 S1","pages":"4"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/ipd.13242","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142152296","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
<p>An estimated 1:500 children are diagnosed with cancer each year.<span><sup>1</sup></span> When assessed on a global scale, there is a higher incidence of childhood cancer in countries of a high human development index (HDI), compared to that of a low development index (LDI).<span><sup>2</sup></span></p><p>In the UK, all children are treated at designated specialist Principal Treatment Centres (PTC), including Royal Manchester Children's Hospital (RMCH), to standardise clinical care and follow-up.<span><sup>3</sup></span> Approximately 120 new malignant disease diagnoses are seen per year at RMCH from across the region, all of whom require a range of treatment modalities including chemotherapy, radiotherapy, proton beam therapy, stem cell transplant and surgical management.<span><sup>4</sup></span></p><p>The Royal College of Surgeons England has recommended that all children diagnosed with cancer should have access to dental care, including a full initial assessment with radiographs at time of diagnosis, before commencement of treatment.<span><sup>4</sup></span> Paediatric dental units working with oncology centres should have a mechanism of notification for new patients.<span><sup>5</sup></span></p><p>During oncology treatment, oral care can become neglected with changes in oral health routines, particularly for children undergoing inpatient treatments.<span><sup>6</sup></span> Additional nutritional intake requirements and oral manifestations such as mucositis and opportunistic infections further impact oral health and increase caries risk. Poor oral health can adversely impact oncology treatment, increasing morbidity risk and length of inpatient hospital stays.<span><sup>3</sup></span> Furthermore, long-term oral complications following curative cancer treatments may require specialist-led care for oral rehabilitation in future.</p><p>Following an urgent general anaesthetic procedure for a child receiving cancer treatment with severe dental decay, it became apparent that not all newly diagnosed oncology patients at RMCH were referred for a baseline dental assessment at time of diagnosis. Analysis of the previous month highlighted multiple urgent ward visits for dental assessments for patients in pain who were unknown to the department and had not seen a dental practitioner for assessment prior to commencing cancer treatment. This highlighted a clinical need to improve dental care for this cohort, and thus provided stimulus for this quality improvement project which was conducted using the Plan-Do-Study Act (PDSA) model.</p><p>Improvements were made in each PDSA cycle for referral of children to the DHU at the point of cancer diagnosis, with an overall improvement of 48%. With 90% (<i>n</i> = 36) of children referred in Cycle 3, this improvement was felt to be supported by the integration of direct electronic referral into the new Trust wide electronic record system (Epic™). Previous cycles required an electronic document referral to be sent
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<p>During the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Health Service (NHS) had to adapt and innovate in ways to provide clinical care. A traditional healthcare model, where patients travel to a clinical building for their care, or a clinician travelled to the patients' home, was not possible. Instead, many Trusts established or expanded virtual ways of providing care; the patient and clinician connect remotely, via telephone, video call, or written communication.</p><p>Beyond the pandemic, virtual clinics and wards have become a routine part of NHS healthcare, with benefits for patients, staff, and the environment.<span><sup>1</sup></span></p><p>Dental procedures cannot be carried out virtually, so in this paper we refer to appointments that are for assessment, treatment planning, or review. In the speciality of paediatric dentistry, where patients have rapidly evolving dentitions and undergo rapid change, there is a high need for these types of appointments.</p><p>The aim of this paper is to highlight different formats of virtual clinics that are relevant to the field of paediatric dentistry, using example cases and quality improvement data from the virtual clinics at the Eastman Dental Hospital.</p><p>Virtual clinics can take many forms, and the value of different clinic types may depend on the case-mix for each paediatric dentistry service. All virtual clinics can be conducted in a clinical room, in a non-clinical room, or remotely.</p><p>For any appointment or interaction, appropriate patient documentation will need to be completed, such as clinical notes, letters, requesting follow up appointments, coding, and recording the referral-to-treat outcome. The authors also suggest asking parents to send in patient photographs in advance of a virtual clinic, as this aids the diagnostic value of the appointment.</p><p>For the sake of simplicity, the term ‘parent’ is used to refer to the adult most likely to accompany the patient and have parental responsibility. This is not the case for every patient, and so the term ‘parent’ should be substituted with the appropriate adult(s) for each child or young person.</p><p>Virtual working can have benefits for patients, parents, and staff. They are also associated with less costs both financially and environmentally. Admittedly, except for A&G, they require a similar amount of time as face-to-face appointments.</p><p>When planning a virtual clinic, a clear standard operating procedure should be written, and all stakeholders included to identify the important issues to be managed. This could include personnel, funding, administrative support, as well as the physical location and hardware required to run the virtual service. Each part of the pathway should be assessed from referrer to clinician to hospital capacity. The virtual service must fit in with the existing clinical service, recognising the clinical and administrative time needed.</p><p>Once this is in place, then clear guidance should be produced so that
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I am pleased to share with you this 4th edition of the BSPD Quality Improvement Briefing, which includes a collection of novel quality improvement projects in paediatric dentistry. This year's invited article on ‘Virtual clinics in paediatric dentistry’ has been authored by two leading innovators and experts in the area: Alexendra Lyne and Joe Noar. This excellent paper will provide a practical guide to setting up virtual clinics and advise on the use of quality improvement projects to continuously improve the standard of patient care in this format.
Once again, I am grateful to the many authors who submitted papers on a range of topics demonstrating their commitment to quality improvement. My heartfelt thanks to all our reviewers who kindly provided their time and expertise to deliver a comprehensive peer review for the papers submitted: Clarissa Dale, Carly Dixon, Chris Donnell, Maryam Ezzeldin, Julia Hurry, Clare Hutchison, Shrita Lakhani, Jessica Large, Emma Morgan, Rachel Osborne, Charlotte Schofield, Jessica Talbot, Laura Timms, Chris Wallace and Scott Wright.
I am thankful to my deputy editor Armaana Ahmad and assistant editor Claudia Heggie for their continued enthusiasm, support and commitment; producing this publication is truly a team effort. As my term as the editor if the Quality Improvement Briefing now comes to an end, I wish Armaana every success as she takes on this role. I am confident that the publication will continue to flourish and develop under her leadership in the coming years.
I hope you find enjoyment and value in reading this edition of the Quality Improvement Briefing.