Background: Advancement of patient care can necessitate inter-hospital transfers to another facility. The inter-hospital transferring process can pose inherent risks to the patient due to the transition of care, as well as increase overall cost for the healthcare system. Reviewing cases of mortality after inter-hospital transfer can identify opportunities to improve patient safety and efficiency [...]

Case Presentation: An 84 year old male with past medical history of prostate cancer with metastasis to bone presented with thrombocytopenia. His original diagnosis of prostate cancer was made with a PSA and a transrectal ultrasound-guided needle biopsy of the prostate. The biopsy showed extensive adenocarcinoma in all core samples taken. Bone scan at that [...]