Background: It has been reported that vaccination rates with pneumococcal vaccine are low in elderly persons in Japan. The primary aim of this study was to examine whether introduction of a vaccination status checkbox in electronic medical records increased the vaccination rates. Methods: Subjects were inpatients and outpatients in the Department of General Medicine at […]

Case Presentation: A 47‐year‐old female smoker presented to the emergency department for right rib pain for 4 days. She had nausea, nonbloody and nonbilious emesis, nonproductive cough, and sore throat. She denied fever, headaches, dizziness, chest pain, palpitations, shortness of breath, or dysuria. In the emergency department, a computed tomography scan showed consolidation in the […]