AI in Health Care
Harnessing artificial intelligence to improve health care delivery and outcomes.
Our Work
We aim to achieve effective and efficient health care for all people by supporting collaborative, interdisciplinary, cutting-edge research, and education.
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Focus Areas
Health Care Access and Coverage
Optimizing insurance and access to health care to provide high-quality health care.
Health Care Payment and Financing
Building a better health care system by redesigning payment and financing.
Health Equity
Improving health and reducing health disparities through a more equitable health care system.
Improving Care for Older Adults
Improving the health, well-being, independence, and care of older adults.
Substance Use Disorder
Finding sustainable, humane, and effective strategies to address substance use disorder.
Population Health
Focusing on how societal events, structural forces, and policies influence the health of populations.
Featured Research Updates
We support and amplify scholarship that shapes and expands the knowledge required to improve population health, health care delivery, and health policy.
NIH on the Brink: How to Fund Medical Breakthroughs in the Trump–Kennedy Era
With Drastic Cuts on the Table, What’s the Best Way To Fund Medical Innovation – NIH Grants, Prizes, or Bold New Models?
Why Population Health Programs are Such a Challenge for Health Systems
An Analysis of Penn Medicine Healthy Heart Program Provides Insights
Black Life Expectancy Shows Sharp Geographic Divide: Cities Gained, While Midwest and Rural Areas Fell Back
From 1990 to 2019, Black Life Expectancy Rose Most in Major Metros and the Northeast—but Gains Stalled or Reversed in Rural Areas and the Midwest, Especially for Younger Adults.
Clinician Nursing Home Caseloads Unrelated to Patient Outcomes
Findings Suggest That Improving Post-Acute Care Means Looking Beyond Caseloads to Nursing Home Quality
Why Work Requirements Won’t Work for Medicaid
They Reduce Coverage, Not Costs, History Shows. Smarter Incentives Would Encourage the Private Sector
The MISSION Act Gave Veterans More Choice but Raised Risks for Heart Care, LDI Fellows’ Study Finds
The 2018 MISSION Act Cut Travel Times for Veterans Needing Major Heart Procedures but That Came With More Complications in VA Community Care
Working Groups
Penn LDI’s working groups convene researchers with common interests to build collaborations and catalyze new activities.
Our Experts
Over 500 LDI Fellows from across the University of Pennsylvania are part of the Penn LDI community.
Elinore Kaufman, MD, MSHP
- Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery , Perelman School of Medicine
Rebecca Clark, PhD, RN
- Assistant Professor, Family and Community Health , Penn Nursing
Mark Pauly, PhD
- Bendheim Professor Emeritus, Health Care Management , Wharton School
- Professor, Economics , School of Arts and Sciences
Riya Patel
- Clinical Fellow, Department of Anesthesiology and Clinical Care , Perelman School of Medicine
- Clinical Fellow, Department of Anesthesiology and Clinical Care , Penn Dental Medicine
Chén Kenyon, MD, MSHP
- Associate Professor, Pediatrics , Perelman School of Medicine
- Hospitalist, General Pediatrics and Complex Care , Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Jeremy Jones, MD
- Clinical Fellow, Pediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM) Fellow , Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Senbagam Virudachalam, MD, MSHP
- Assistant Professor, Pediatrics , Perelman School of Medicine
- Assistant Professor, Pediatrics , Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Scott Jelinek, MD, MPH, MAEd
- Instructor, Adolescent Medicine , Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- Instructor, Pediatrics , Perelman School of Medicine