Background: Adverse events (AE) are common during care transitions (19-28%) in patients with multiple chronic conditions (MCC) and often lead to unanticipated healthcare resource utilization after discharge. While early indicators of these AEs include new and worsening symptoms, systematic monitoring of patient-reported symptoms is lacking. The 21st Century Cures Act mandates the healthcare industry to […]

Background: Timely, effective follow-up after hospital discharge can improve the efficiency and outcomes of care by increasing hospital throughput and decreasing readmissions and other adverse events after discharge. The University of Chicago Medical Center (UCMC) has chronic bed shortages and a medically and socially complex patient population that makes optimal management of post-discharge care especially […]

Case Presentation: This case describes a 63-year-old male who was recently diagnosed with renal cell carcinoma with metastasis to the lungs confirmed with a biopsy showing diffuse PAX-8 positivity on an immunohistochemical staining panel favoring renal origin. He was started on Nivolumab/Ipilimumab however was hospitalized in the intensive care unit for septic shock due to […]

Case Presentation: A 76-year-old female with a history of hypertension, BMI 48 kg/m2, hypothyroidism, and metastatic melanoma presented with a 2-week history of progressive myalgia, weakness, and dyspnea 3 weeks after the first infusion of nivolumab and relatlimab.In July 2019, she was diagnosed with stage IIB (cT4a, cN0, cM0) melanoma of the left leg (4.2 […]

Case Presentation: A 69-year-old male with a past medical history of urothelial carcinoma status post left nephrectomy began immunotherapy and was started on Atezolizumab. He developed bilateral lower extremity weakness that began following his first dose. After 3 doses, in 02/2022, his lower extremity weakness worsened to the point where he could not walk. A […]