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Research & Policy Updates

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In Their Own Words

Health Equity

Safeguarding Nursing Science Amid Political Retrenchment

Experts Say Nursing Ethics Can Help Researchers Confront Federal Disinvestment, Defend Science, and Advance Health Equity

By:
  • Connie M. Ulrich, PhD, RN
  • Catherine Robichaux, PhD, RN, Jess Dillard-Wright PhD, RN
September 9, 2025
Prison and medicine

Blog Post

Health Equity

Penn LDI Researchers Warn of Rising Cardiac Deaths in Prisons

Study Finds Major Gaps in Cardiac Care Behind Bars

By:
  • Julia Hinckley, JD
September 8, 2025

News

Substance Use Disorder

From Classroom to Clinic: High School Students Get Hands-On Experience in Addiction Medicine

Penn Medicine’s New Summer Intern Program Immersed Teens in Street Outreach Techniques

By:
  • Hoag Levins
September 8, 2025

Policy

Complementary and Integrative Approaches to Pain Management

Comment: Delivered to the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health

By:
  • Molly Candon, PhD
September 5, 2025

News

Health Equity

Penn LDI CICADA Initiative Names Researchers for 2025-2026 Cohort

Eighth Year of Program That Recruits, Mentors and Develops Junior Faculty for Health Services Research

By:
  • Hoag Levins
September 4, 2025

Policy

Exclusion of Abortion and Abortion Counseling from the VA Medical Benefits Package

Comment: Submitted to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

By:
  • Caitlin Russell, PhD, MBE
  • Alice Abernathy, MD, MSHP
September 3, 2025

Policy

Impact of Proposed Changes to the Application of the Fair Labor Standards Act to Domestic Service on the Home Care Workforce

Comment: Delivered to the U.S. Department of Labor

By:
  • Rachel M. Werner, MD, PhD
  • and Amanda Kreider, PhD
September 2, 2025

Brief

Health Care Access & Coverage

Fragmented Geographic Distribution of Providers Suggests Limited Access to Basic Health Care for Dual Medicaid-Medicare Beneficiaries 

Research Brief: Less Than 1% of Clinical Practices Provide 80% of Outpatient Services for Dually Eligible Individuals

By:
  • Chris Tachibana, PhD, MS
August 27, 2025
Mother Caring for Sick Daughter

Blog Post

Population Health

U.S. Children Are Suffering: A Generation Grows Up Sicker, Sadder, and Dying Sooner

From Anxiety and Loneliness to Obesity and Gun Deaths, a Sweeping New Study Uncovers a Devastating Decline in the Health and Well-Being of U.S. Children

By:
  • Joanna Kim, MPH
August 26, 2025
blue bar chart

Blog Post

Health Equity

Older Black Adults With Abdominal Pain Are Less Likely to Get Emergency Department Imaging

Chart of the Day: National Study Shows White Patients More Likely Than Black Patients to Get CT and/or Ultrasounds for Abdominal Pain in the Emergency Department

By:
  • Christine Weeks
August 20, 2025
A stethoscope on top of money

Blog Post

Health Care Payment and Financing

Surprising Result: Bundled Payments Saved Money for Outpatient Surgeries

Hospitals and Physician Groups Can Also Benefit From Those Payments, as Medicare Launches a New Model for Episodic Care

By:
  • Aidan P. Crowley
  • Amol S. Navathe, MD, PhD
  • Austin Kilaru, MD, MSHP
August 19, 2025
A person holding an elderly person's hand

Blog Post

Substance Use Disorder

The Opioid Crisis Is Aging. Yet Addiction Care Often Overlooks Older Adults

LDI Experts Offer 10 Solutions to Get More Help to Seniors With Addiction

By:
  • Karl Stark
August 18, 2025

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