Background: Frailty is linked to poor outcomes in older patients, especially those with multiple conditions. The electronic frailty index (eFI) is a validated tool based on the cumulative deficit model used to screen hospitalized patients at risk for poor outcomes1. The eFI relies on 35 ICD-10 codes associated with encounters across four domains (morbidity, sensory, [...]

Background: Preventive care is a crucial but underutilized component of optimal population health management. Of eligible patients, 69.0% have received pneumococcal vaccine, 24.1% zoster vaccine, and 30.0% hepatitis B vaccine. Cancer screening rates are similarly low, with 12.5% screened for lung cancer and 71.6% for colorectal cancer. Gaps in preventive care are even larger in [...]

Background: Frailty is linked to poor outcomes in older patients, especially those with multiple conditions. The electronic frailty index (eFI) is a validated tool based on the cumulative deficit model used to screen hospitalized patients at risk for poor outcomes1. The eFI relies on 35 ICD-10 codes associated with encounters across four domains (morbidity, sensory, [...]

Background: Preventive care is a crucial but underutilized component of optimal population health management. Of eligible patients, 69.0% have received pneumococcal vaccine, 24.1% zoster vaccine, and 30.0% hepatitis B vaccine. Cancer screening rates are similarly low, with 12.5% screened for lung cancer and 71.6% for colorectal cancer. Gaps in preventive care are even larger in [...]

Background: Overdose-related deaths in adolescents have increased, making recognition and treatment of substance use (SU) an issue of critical importance. However, pediatricians are failing to screen and manage SU withdrawal among hospitalized adolescents. Driving factors include no standard process, addiction specialists’ discomfort in treating pediatrics, and discomfort in inpatient providers in managing addiction. Through this [...]

Background: Healthcare networks not only address medical needs but also connect patients with critical social support services. Socioeconomic factors significantly influence both healthcare utilization and outcomes, and screening for health-related social needs (HRSN) has improved outcomes, particularly among at-risk patients (Hood 2016; Gulati 2024). Despite these benefits, widespread implementation lagged until January 2024, when the [...]

Case Presentation: 26-year-old man diagnosed with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) with CNS involvement in July 2022 completed one cycle of hyperCVAD B and subsequently received maintenance therapy with POMP (prednisone, vincristine, methotrexate, and mercaptopurine) starting in 2023, along with intrathecal chemotherapy. The patient achieved complete remission, with serial MRIs, PET scans, and bone marrow [...]