Background: Patients with limited English proficiency (LEP) experience inferior health outcomes. The end-of-life period represents a particularly vulnerable time for LEP patients who may not receive optimal symptom management due to language barriers and other factors. There is limited data on disparities in provider practices around opioid administration based on patient LEP status, particularly at […]

Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has disproportionately affected certain racial and ethnic minority groups, many of whom may not speak english as a primary language. Patients with Limited English proficiency (LEP) have previously been shown to have worse outcomes in the hospital, including higher odds of mortality from sepsis. We investigated the association […]

Case Presentation: A 67 yo blind man was admitted with confusion due to cholangitis. The patient was unable to participate on the day of admission in the interview due to his confusion. His family reported he had not drank alcohol for 3 months. On hospital day 2, the patient was able follow simple directions, but […]