Case Presentation: A 42‐year‐old woman with multiple sclerosis presented with cough, fever, and malaise. The patient had been admitted 2 weeks prior with similar symptoms; she was given a diagnosis of community‐acquired pneumonia and discharged with oral antibiotics, but symptoms persisted. Her multiple sclerosis was controlled on natalizumab without functional limitations. Medical history was otherwise […]

Background: Hospital readmissions within 30 days of discharge have gained national attention and account for more than $17 billion in avoidable U.S. Medicare expenditures each year. (1) In 2011 alone, there were approximately 3.3 million adult 30-day all-cause hospital readmissions, costing the US $41.3 billion.(2) As such, efforts have been made to create algorithms to […]