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Improving Care for Older Adults

Penn LDI’s Eric Roberts Wins AcademyHealth Publication of the Year Award

Cited for the “Most Outstanding” Health Services Research of 2025

By:
  • Hoag Levins
May 31, 2026

News

Penn SUMR Scholars Arrive at 2026 AcademyHealth Research Meeting

Seattle Event Immerses Them in the National Health Services Research Community

By:
  • Hoag Levins
May 30, 2026
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Blog Post

Improving Care for Older Adults

America’s Caregiver Crisis is Burning Out Millions of Families

Coaching and Support Can Help But Are Rarely Used, LDI Experts Say

By:
  • Nancy Stedman
May 28, 2026

News

AI in Health Care

How AI’s Growing Role in Nursing Raises Questions About Safety, Ethics, and Human Care

Penn Nursing Report Cautions That AI Systems May Add Rather Than Reduce Costs and Workflow Burdens

By:
  • Hoag Levins
May 27, 2026

News

AI in Health Care

Penn Nursing Leaders Speak Out on AI’s Growing Role in Patient Care

Q&A Looks at Concerns Over Patient Trust, Workforce Pressures, Unreliable Outputs, and Hospitals Rushing AI Adoption

By:
  • Hoag Levins
May 27, 2026

Penn LDI’s Amol Navathe Named Chair of MedPAC

Previously Served as Commissioner and Vice Chair

By:
  • Hoag Levins
May 26, 2026
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In Their Own Words

Improving Care for Older Adults

Can Washington State Lead the Way on Long-Term Care Financing?

WA Cares Can Offer a Potential Blueprint for Public Long-Term Care Financing Nationwide

By:
  • Ezekiel J. Emanuel, MD, PhD
  • and Benjamin W. Veghte, PhD, MPA
May 21, 2026
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In Their Own Words

Don’t Normalize Workplace Violence Against Nurses

LDI Fellows Say the Issue is One of Patient Safety and Quality Care—and Should Be Viewed Not as Inevitable, but Addressable Through Federal Reform

By:
  • Kathryn Connell PhD, RN
  • Juliana Byers RN
  • K. Jane Muir, PhD, APRN
May 20, 2026
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Blog Post

Substance Use Disorder

‘Pill Mill’ Laws Worked, Cutting Opioid Overprescribing and Deaths

Measures in 11 States Also Reduced Doctor Shopping Without Pushing Patients Into Illicit Drug Use, a New RAND–Penn Study Finds

By:
  • Julia Hinckley, JD
May 19, 2026
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Blog Post

Health Care Payment and Financing

Risk-Based Contracts Are Unlikely to Cut Waste in Medicare Advantage

Risk-Based Payments May Fail to Lower Low-Value Care, a New Study Shows

By:
  • Joanna Kim, MPH
May 18, 2026
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In Their Own Words

AI in Health Care

Proposing a Framework to License Autonomous Clinical AI

As Autonomous Clinical AI Continues to Evolve, We Need Uniform Regulatory Standards, Says LDI Fellow

By:
  • Alon Bergman, PhD
May 15, 2026
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In Their Own Words

Population Health

As Deadly Heat Waves Rise, Federal Policy Fails to Cover Air Conditioning

Federal Safety Net Covers Heating But Cooling is Optional. That Needs to Change, an LDI Fellow Writes

By:
  • Charles Leonard, PharmD, MSCE, MPH
  • and Anthony Nicome, MHS, MPH
May 14, 2026

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