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Health Equity

How Spirituality, Language, and Culture Influence Social Determinants of Health

Two Penn LDI Senior Fellows Co-Edit Special Journal Edition

By:
  • Hoag Levins
April 25, 2022

Blog Post

Health Equity

What Drives Racial Disparities in Emergency Room Treatment of Agitation?

Hospitals Serving More Black Patients Use Sedatives More Often

By:
  • Ari B. Friedman, MD, PhD
  • and Utsha Khatri, MD, MSHP
April 22, 2022
igure 1. Share of minimally invasive procedures by physician relative skill from 2012 to 2015.

Blog Post

Chart of the Day: Information, Relative Skill, and Technology Abandonment

Oncologists’ Reactions to an FDA Warning Discouraging Minimally Invasive Hysterectomies Show Skill Differences Can Prevent the Translation of Evidence into Practice

By:
  • Guy David, PhD
April 21, 2022

News

Rinad Beidas Receives Research Pioneer Award

Penn LDI Senior Fellow Honored for Work in Behavioral Health and Implementation Science

By:
  • Hoag Levins
April 18, 2022
An older person holding a small ball

Blog Post

Improving Care for Older Adults

Nursing Home Value-Based Program Needs Redesign to Support Biden Goals

Initial Structure Helped "Rich Get Richer"

By:
  • Chris Tachibana, PhD, MS
April 15, 2022

News

Aaron Schwartz Wins 2022 SGIM Award

Penn LDI Senior Fellow Honored for Scientific Presentation

By:
  • Hoag Levins
April 14, 2022

Blog Post

Improving Care for Older Adults

Leveraging Comprehensive, Community-Based Care Programs To Improve Care for Black and Latino Older Adults

The Program of All-Inclusive Care For the Elderly (PACE) Model Provides More Equitable Health Care While Helping Keep People in Their Communities

By:
  • Mary Naylor, PhD, RN
  • Jasmine Travers PhD, RN
April 12, 2022

News

Margaret Lowenstein Wins 2022 SGIM Award

Penn LDI Senior Fellow Honored for Scientific Presentation

By:
  • Hoag Levins
April 12, 2022

Blog Post

Words Used in Vaccine Tweets by Democrats vs. Republicans: Chart of the Day

Republicans Show Message Focus; Democrats Talk Broadly About Public Health

By:
  • Alison Buttenheim, PhD, MBA
  • Zachary Meisel, MD, MPH
  • and Eden Engel-Rebitzer
April 11, 2022

News

Improving Care for Older Adults

NASEM Report Calls for Sweeping Reorganization of Nursing Home Industry

Two LDI Senior Fellows Weigh in on Decades of Industry Shortcomings

By:
  • Hoag Levins
April 7, 2022

News

Health Equity

Modern Healthcare Names Penn’s Shreya Kangovi a Top Innovator

LDI Senior Fellow Honored for Her Groundbreaking Community Health Worker Program

By:
  • Hoag Levins
April 6, 2022
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Blog Post

AI in Health Care

Could Machine Learning be Helpful in Cancer Care?

Oncologists Have Reservations About Prognostic Algorithms, but They Might Be Useful

By:
  • Ravi B. Parikh, MD, MPP
April 5, 2022

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