Background: Recently, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) put forth their latest expectations of residents using Entrustable Professional Activities (EPA). Furthermore, prompted by an interest in improving the health of the population, enhancing the experience and outcome of the patient, and reducing the per capita [...]

Background: Medical error is now the third leading cause of death in the United States. Approximately 4% of hospitalized patients experience an adverse event with 20% of these adverse events being medication-related, three-fourths of which are prescribing and administration errors. Vancomycin has been reported to account for one-fourth of the medication errors. Prescribing vancomycin is [...]

Case Presentation: Introduction: We report a case of acute kidney injury (AKI) secondary to heme-induced nephropathy requiring hemodialysis, following percutaneous mechanical thrombectomy using AngioJetTM. Case Report: A 63 years-old African-American female with prior history of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) who was on treatment with apixaban, presented to the emergency room with acute-onset left leg pain [...]