Medication reconciliation is used when a patient moves from one level or location of care to another, to ensure they are receiving the appropriate medications. This retrospective study reviewed completed medication reconciliations of adult patients transferring from the intensive care unit to the ward. Nearly one in five had an error requiring physician changes to the order. Of those errors, 19% were high-alert medications, most notably low-molecular-weight heparin.

This article describes an emergent restructuring of a general surgery residency program to support the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, while maintaining staffing for emergency procedures, limiting transmission risk, and maintaining surgical education and board eligibility for the training program.

This study found that electronic health record documentation of patients' preferences for advance care planning was incomplete. Only half of participants had documented preferences available, and the documentation was often difficult to locate and interpret. The authors conclude that electronic health records should be designed to better capture patients' preferences.

This commentary discusses resident work hour reform and recommends that health care generate research to understand the effects of such reductions.

This case report illustrates the benefits of utilizing a rapid response team (RRT) in the outpatient setting, and discusses broader findings of RRT use at a pediatric hospital.