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Blog Post

In Philly Emergency Departments, Text Messages Helped Patients Seek Public Benefits More Often

Follow-Up Texts, Not Paper Flyers, Drove Real Action on Unclaimed Benefits Like Heating, Child Care, Tax Rebates, and Children’s Health 

By:
  • Christine Weeks
May 5, 2026

News

Health Equity

Penn LDI Lecture Highlights Persistent Gaps in Knee Replacement Care

Decades of Research Show Minority Patients Less Likely to Receive Surgery, Even When Equally Indicated

By:
  • Hoag Levins
May 4, 2026

Blog Post

Health Equity

Penn Study Faults Federal Maternal Morbidity Statistics

Comparison to Commercial All-Payer Database Documents Wide Discrepancies

By:
  • Hoag Levins
April 30, 2026
Noah Wyle, Ned Brower, and Supriya Ganesh in a still of the Pitt, treating a patient.

In Their Own Words

What The Pitt Gets Right About the U.S. Health Care System

LDI Fellows Weigh in on the HBO Max Show, Describing Real Challenges From High Patient Bills to Assaults on Nurses in the ER

By:
  • Afrah Howlader, MPH
  • Karl Stark
April 29, 2026
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Blog Post

Health Care Payment and Financing

Hospital-at-Home: How to Reenergize This Key Program

These 10 Points Lay Out the Biggest Barriers – From Costs to Complex Rules – and the Reforms Needed to Put More Hospital Care in Homes Nationwide

By:
  • Karl Stark
April 29, 2026
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Virtual Event

Achieving Maternal Empowerment and Transforming Health Through Implementation Science and Training (AMETHIST@Penn) 2026 Communications Summit

Open to the public

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Eric Swalwell, Tony Gonzales and the Post-Post-#MeToo Era

Interview

Featured Fellow:
  • Damon Centola, PhD
April 27, 2026
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In Their Own Words

Health Equity

How ‘The Talk’ Has Changed: Latino Families Prepare Kids for ICE Raids

As Immigration Arrests Surge and Deaths in ICE Custody Rise, Parents Turn ‘The Talk’ Into Emergency Plans—Covering What To Do if Families Get Separated

By:
  • Diana Montoya-Williams, MD, MSHP
April 26, 2026
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Blog Post

Outpatient Surgeries Still Grew After COVID, Reshaping Care

A New Study Confirms the Outpatient Surge and Suggests That Many Patients Will Be Left Behind

By:
  • Karl Stark
April 23, 2026
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In Their Own Words

Health Care Payment and Financing

Health Care Affordability

Expert Insights

By:
  • Ezekiel J. Emanuel, MD, PhD
  • Michael Anne Kyle PhD, RN
  • Aaron Schwartz, MD, PhD
  • Brian Blase, Zack Cooper, and Leemore Dafny
April 23, 2026
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Blog Post

Health Care Payment and Financing

LDI Fellows’ AI Program Could Save Medicare Billions in Overpayments

Replacing Flawed Current Payment Methods With the Machine Learning Model “Franklin,” Might Thwart Upcoding and Favorable Enrollee Selection by Medicare Advantage Firms

By:
  • Chris Tachibana, PhD, MS
April 21, 2026

In The Media Politico

Psychedelic Drugs Get the FDA Fast-Track

Interview

Featured Fellow:
  • Holly Fernandez Lynch, JD, MBE
April 21, 2026

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