Background: For many patients, hospitalization involves substantial inactive time between provider visits, tests, and treatments. This time could be used to engage patients in discharge preparation by (1) learning about their health conditions and (2) learning to use their personal health record (PHR) to manage medications and postdischarge appointments. The ease of use of tablet […]

Background: In the United States, 32 million people have a documented penicillin allergy and up to 20% of hospitalized patients’ records describe a penicillin allergy (PcnA). Less than 10% of patients with reported penicillin allergy have true clinically relevant PcnA when objectively tested through rigorous skin testing (1-3). Clinicians subsequently avoid appropriate penicillin or penicillin […]

Background: Penicillin class antibiotics are the most frequently reported drug allergy in the electronic health record (EHR), but recent studies find

Case Presentation: A 42‐year‐old woman with HIV/AIDS (CD4 count, 40 cells/mm3) presented with fever, nausea, and headaches for 1 week. She was febrile at 101.4°F but her physical exam was unremarkable. Initial labs showed leukopenia and anemia. Infectious workup including blood cultures, cerebrospinal fluid analysis, chest x‐ray, and urine cultures were negative. During her hospital […]