In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
Bettencourt is an assistant professor in Penn Nursing’s Department of Family and Community Health. “The future of nursing and health care is unknown, and the COVID-19 pandemic has brought a newfound urgency for us to work together to find solutions to both long- standing issues and new challenges,” she says.
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APenn Medicine study shows that preventive visits after a complicated pregnancy were associated with a lower risk of complications in subsequent pregnancies, providing evidence on the importance of continuous access to care and extended postpartum Medicaid coverage after pregnancies.
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A new book provides guidance from Penn experts in health care economics and policy research, authored by LDI Fellows. In the book, “Seemed Like a Good Idea: Alchemy versus Evidence-Based Approaches to Health Care Management Innovation”, 11 experts from the Wharton School, Perelman School of Medicine, School of Nursing, and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia survey the state of evidence for management practices, and find that in opposition to clinical care delivery, the management of care relies on little rigorous evidence.
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Kimberly Strauch will direct the first-of-its-kind, tuition-free program dedicated to building a nurse practitioner workforce committed to working in and with underserved communities, both rural and urban.
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Long Kwan Metthew Lam has been awarded a two-year inaugural postdoctoral fellowship through the newly established Institute for Infectious and Zoonotic Diseases at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine.
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The three Penn Medicine projects receiving grants are: Healing at Home, system that uses an artificial intelligence-guided chatbot to provide 24/7 assistance to new mothers during the “fourth trimester” after delivery; Pregnancy Early Access Center (PEACE), a model for providing care for early pregnancy, including for miscarriages; and increasing access to buprenorphine and other substance use treatment services for people of color.
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The associate professor of ruminant nutrition has received a $995,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to lead an interdisciplinary team of animal and data scientists to enhance dairy herd sustainability and moderate environmental impacts.
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Healing at Home provides vital support for new moms at home, especially during the “fourth trimester” or those first six weeks after birth. The program’s texting service—a chatbot—allows them to still remain connected with their care providers. To make communication easier, its automated chatbot, named Penny, uses “natural language processing,” allowing patients to ask questions and receive answers in a natural way.”
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To achieve meaningful integration in health care, providers need to communicate and collaborate beyond their immediate area of practice or specialty, and interaction among caregivers and their work units. Health care must leverage knowledge about how social networks operate across all levels of an organization and design care to improve relational processes within and across these networks.
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76ers managing partners and philanthropists Josh and Marjorie Harris plan to invest $1M in companies funded by the Penn Medicine—Wharton Fund for Health to fund businesses that work to improve the lives of Philadelphians through creative ideas to tackle social determinants of health.
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