Close to 40% of adult patients receive post-acute care (PAC) when they are discharged from a hospital. That can include receiving help at home or going to a specialized facility, including a skilled nursing facility, inpatient rehabilitation facility, or long-term acute care hospital. The PAC discharge process, however, is often rushed, ill-informed, prone to errors, and disempowering to patients and caregivers who may receive little guidance, new research from UC San Francisco shows.

Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have revolutionized cancer treatment by using a patient’s own T-cells to target tumors. However, they can cause rare but potentially fatal cardiac inflammation known as ICI-myocarditis. This is particularly true in the most recent ICI combination treatment, according to new research.