Case Presentation: A 63- year-old man with a history of seizures, hepatitis C infection and multiple spinal fusion surgeries presented to the emergency room (ER) for the evaluation of back pain. Back pain was said to have commenced 3 days prior to presentation. Pain was mainly located in the lumbar region, dull in nature, rated [...]

Case Presentation:  A 32 year old female with history of gestational diabetes presented with fevers, chills and swelling of the left breast. She delivered a healthy boy 2 weeks prior to admission by cesarean section. She had difficulty breastfeeding and developed pain, swelling and purulent drainage from the breast. She was prescribed dicloxacillin for mastitis, [...]

Background: Traditional Length of Stay (tLOS) is commonly used in Hospital Medicine to assess hospital resource utilization and to incentivize reductions in patient stays. However, tLOS is often attributed to the discharging physician, which can lead to attribution errors and fairness concerns. These limitations can reduce the metric’s utility. In response, Pierce, Harrison, and Patel [...]