Background: The STAT priority in imaging is universally understood as a signal for medical emergencies; however, its misuse is widespread. At our institution, prior to intervention, 45% of all imaging exams were ordered STAT, with many of these orders not indicating medical emergencies. Our previous initiative in 2023 aimed to redefine imaging priority categories, reserving [...]

Background: Medicine procedure services (MPS) have been shown to increase procedure volume, procedure completion rate, adherence to best practice safety measures, resident involvement, and resident satisfaction within Internal Medicine (IM). Despite these benefits, widespread deployment of MPSs has proved challenging, partly because the impact of MPSs on non-IM services is unknown, including MPSs’ impact on [...]

Case Presentation: A 61-year-old, non-smoking, white female with history of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) twice, and long COVID syndrome, presented with progressively worsening dyspnea over the last five months. She was repeatedly diagnosed with pneumonia and treated with antibiotics and steroids without relief prior to hospital presentation. Workup in the hospital revealed neutrophilic leukocytosis, but [...]

Case Presentation: A 32-year-old female with mast cell activation syndrome, asthma, Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, fibromyalgia, steroid-induced osteopenia and insulin-dependent diabetes presented to an outside hospital with acute on chronic thoracic back pain. There, she underwent kyphoplasty of T4-T7 for thoracic compression fractures and was discharged after a seemingly uncomplicated initial course. She returned 2 weeks [...]