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Assessing First Visits By Physicians To Medicare Patients Discharged To Skilled Nursing Facilities

Missing and delayed medical care occurs at critical juncture for vulnerable patients

By:
  • Kira L. Ryskina, Yihao Yuan, Shelly Teng, and Robert Burke
April 1, 2019

News

An Innovative-Thinking Retreat for Mental Health Care Innovation Researchers

Penn ALACRITY Event Pulls Scientists Away From Their Comfort Zone and Traditional Assumptions

By:
  • Hoag Levins
March 28, 2019

Brief

The Effect of Predictive Analytics-Driven Interventions on Healthcare Utilization

Significant reductions in emergency department and specialist visits

By:
  • Guy David, Aaron Smith-McLallen, and Benjamin Ukert
March 27, 2019

Blog Post

Population Health

U.S. Emergency Room Department Encounters for Firearm Injuries, 2009-2014

Trauma vs. Nontrauma Centers

March 25, 2019

Blog Post

Do Longer Shifts Affect Residents’ Sleep or Patient Safety?

Takeaways from the iCOMPARE trial

By:
  • Judith Long, MD, Puja Upadhyay
March 25, 2019

News

Health Equity

Penn SUMR Undergrad Minority Research Pipeline Program Turns 20

Two Decades of Channeling Students Toward a Health Services Research Career

By:
  • Hoag Levins
March 21, 2019

News

Kevin Mahoney Named CEO of University of Pennsylvania Health System

Played a Major Role in Expansion of Penn Medicine System Since 1996

By:
  • Hoag Levins
March 21, 2019

Brief

Health Care Access & Coverage

The Burden of Health Care Costs for Working Families

A State-Level Analysis

By:
  • Aaron Glickman and Janet Weiner, PhD, MPH
March 18, 2019

Blog Post

Patient Awareness of Industry Payments to Physicians

A national evaluation

By:
  • Melissa Berkowitz, MPP
March 13, 2019

Blog Post

Substance Use Disorder

Starting Opioid Use Disorder Treatment in the Emergency Department

Physician-reported barriers and facilitators

By:
  • Margaret (Maggie) Lowenstein, MD, MSHP
March 12, 2019

Brief

Improving Care for Older Adults

Patient Outcomes After Hospital Discharge to Home with Home Health Care vs to a Skilled Nursing Facility

Home health care leads to savings despite increasing hospital readmissions

By:
  • Rachel M. Werner, Norma B. Coe, Mingyu Qi, and R. Tamara Konetzka
March 8, 2019

Blog Post

Substance Use Disorder

Selling Naloxone Over the Counter Likely to Boost Sales

CHERISH investigators model out-of-pocket price and demand

By:
  • Janet Weiner, PhD, MPH
March 5, 2019

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