In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
Each year, the Penn Medicine Center for Health Care Innovation’s “Innovation Accelerator” program offers teams of clinicians and staffers the opportunity to test and pitch their ideas for how the University of Pennsylvania Health System can improve some aspect of its operations.
FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →
Hosted by the Implementation Science Center at the Leonard Davis Institute, Lisa Saldana and her colleagues developed the Stages of Implementation Completion, or SIC, system to plan and manage evidence-based implementation projects in various areas of clinical practice.
FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →
Penn Provost Wendell Pritchett and Netter Center Director Ira Harkavy have named Dr. Terri Lipman of the School of Nursing and her partners at Inthedance, LLC as the recipients of the annual Provost-Netter Center Faculty-Community Partnership Award, which recognizes sustained and productive university/community partnerships.
FULL STORY AT The Netter Center →
Wharton real estate professor Benjamin Keys discusses a new analysis tool he an colleagues have created that could be an early-warning signal when lenders relax mortgage requirements beyond a safe level.
FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton →
The ad hoc committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will examine the lessons learned from the Future of Nursing Campaign for Action, as well as the current state of science and technology to inform their assessment of the capacity of the profession to meet the anticipated health and social care demands from 2020 to 2030.
FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News →
The Center will focus on the accelerated development of novel therapies and improved clinical outcomes for patients with the deadliest form of skin cancer, and is possible thanks to a gift from George and Debbie Miller in memory of their daughter, Tara, who passed away from melanoma in 2014.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
Donah Beale is a historical reenactor who inhabits Finley’s character as part of the Philadelphia Science Festival at an open house at the Pennsylvania Hospital.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
For the sixth straight year, FactCheck.org has won the Webby Award for best News & Politics website from the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. The Webby Awards honor excellence on the internet, including websites, advertising, apps, videos, and more.
FULL STORY AT Annenberg Public Policy Center →
What’s it like to be a current undergraduate at Penn Nursing? Think little sleep, rushing to class and clinicals, and constant commitments for nursing student and athlete Nia Atkins.
FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News →
At a private lunch arranged by the Perelman School of Medicine Office of Inclusion and Diversity, Cara James, Director of the Office of Minority Health within the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid, lauded Shreya Kangovi's community health workers project and said the concept seemed a particularly good one for Medicare to investigate further.
FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →
