Background: The transition from adolescent to adult care has been associated with worse outcomes including increased mortality (1). Improved patient experience (PEX) correlates with decreased inpatient mortality rates and better adherence to quality guidelines (2) as well as lower 30- day readmission rates for patients with heart failure, acute MI and pneumonia (3). Hospitalized adolescents [...]

Background: Improved outcomes in pediatric to adult-oriented HCT especially for children with special health care needs (SHCN) are a national objective of Healthy People 2020, with only 40% of adolescents with SHCN currently meeting the national core outcomes in pediatric to adult-oriented HCT. Despite the potential of hospitalized AYA being higher utilizers of the health [...]

Case Presentation: A 38 yo male with PMH of alcohol abuse, motor vehicle collision a year prior to presentation, presented to the ED with back pain. Pt states that had back pain about a year ago right after the motor vehicle collision, which improved after a month. Then in the last 4 weeks, he has [...]