Case Presentation: A 44-year-old man with thrombocytopenia and hypertension was admitted with acute left pontine ischemic stroke. One week later, he underwent computed tomography (CT) of abdomen for persistent abdominal pain and fever, revealing multiple emboli involving the pulmonary, mesenteric and splenic artery. Doppler studies revealed right lower extremity deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and arterial […]

Background: Hospital admission is a critical point in care transition for patients and is prone to errors impacting patient safety and quality of care. We identified a lack of coordination between individuals in various disciplines as one of the problems with our admission process. We re‐engineered the process of admission at Christiana Care Health System […]