In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
A champion for diversity in the field, Kristy Weber, chief of orthopaedic oncology in the Perelman School of Medicine, will lead the world’s largest medical association of musculoskeletal specialists.
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Considerable research has explored the relationship between the nurse work environment and a variety of patient and nurse quality and safety outcomes. New research articulates the association between nurse work environments and health care quality, safety and patient and clinician well-being.
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In the decade since the federal government’s electronic health record (EHR) initiatives first became law, nearly all U.S. hospitals have adopted some form of EHR technology. Now, focus is on how a comprehensive EHR can enhance outcomes. Yet, little is known about the sociotechnical factors that can shape the relationship between advanced EHR adoption and quality of care.
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Wharton’s Itay Goldstein discusses a new research initiative that aims to clarify where the actual promise lies regarding financial technology.
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Mark Pauly and Genevieve Kanter discuss whether Congress will reform the law to allow accountable care organizations the right to refer patients to services in which they may have a financial interest, which runs afoul of anti-kickback legislation known as the Stark Law.
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Building on a network of spine and pain care experts, with specialists from neurosurgery, orthopedics, neurology, physical medicine, pain management, radiology, the new $10 million facility, combines access to both outpatient and inpatient spine care.
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The Gene Therapy Program Preclinical Vector Core in the Perelman School of Medicine has been awarded a Gene Therapy Resource Program contract to support translational, gene-therapy research.
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Ioana Marinescu, assistant professor at Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice and Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research, recently testified at the Ways & Means committee of the General Assembly of Maryland regarding the positive socioeconomic impacts of Universal Basic Income.
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As a Presidential Assistant Professor of Biology, Abdus-Saboor’s research aims to increase the basic understanding of the mechanisms governing somatosensory encoding, with a particular focus on pain.
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The cheerful Japanese organizing expert known as Marie Kondo is making many Americans think twice about how much stuff they really need in their lives. At work, benefits can be gained with a tidy space.
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