Background: Medication reconciliation (MR) is critical for patient safety during hospital admissions and transitions, though MR completion may be complicated by factors such as lack of familiarity with the electronic medical record (EHR) or missing information at admission. Over the past three years, our urban academic quaternary care hospital has led a successful MR improvement [...]

Background: Medication reconciliation (MR) is critical for patient safety during hospital admissions and transitions, though MR completion may be complicated by factors such as lack of familiarity with the electronic medical record (EHR) or missing information at admission. Over the past three years, our urban academic quaternary care hospital has led a successful MR improvement [...]

Case Presentation: A 10 year old female presented to the emergency department with 2 days of rapidly progressive left eye pain, purulent drainage, foreign body sensation, painful eye movements and left sided headache. Physical exam revealed moderate left eyelid edema with tenderness, conjunctival injection and copious purulent discharge. She had no leukocytosis or neutrophilia. CT [...]