In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
Three Penn Medicine faculty research scientists and LDI Senior Fellows—Kevin Volpp, Atheendar Venkataramani, and Shreya Kangovi—were honored with awards at the Society of General Internal Medicine's annual meeting in Washington, D.C.
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Citing the strategies other industries successfully used to reign in skyrocketing costs while maintaining product availability and quality, Penn health care innovation expert David Asch writes that real health care change requires the removal of the field's “choke point”—the physician-patient gateway to care.
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The executive education program allows veterinarians to build entrepreneurial skills to have impact on public health, environmental sustainability, human and animal well-being.
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Carmen Guerra, an associate professor of medicine and associate director of Diversity and Community Engagement at the Abramson Cancer Center, and Alina Mateo, an assistant professor of endocrine and oncologic surgery, share a deep-seated passion for helping underserved communities to access life-saving preventive screenings, and opening doors for future generations of health care professionals.
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Penn Medicine and Drexel University will join to launch the Philadelphia Cultural Pass pilot grant program, an effort to support vital arts and cultural institutions in the city, offers opportunities for staff to visit internationally renowned arts institutions, concerts, exhibits.
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In a new commentary, Tim Wang, Mark Wolff, and Neeraj Panchal bring attention to the oral health needs of a growing geriatric population in the U.S., and suggest practical ways to prepare providers to meet the challenge of treating this unique group.
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Werner is a global expert on health care policies and their impact on the quality and equity of health care, she holds both an MD from the Perelman School of Medicine, where she also did her residency in Internal Medicine, and a Ph.D. in Health Economics from the Wharton School.
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Clinical and business leaders value the innovation and clinical acumen skills nurses bring to their organizations at most levels, but not the highest. By 2025, though, both sides of the industry signal that they’re taking steps to fully unleash nurse innovators at the leadership level.
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Aimee Ando is graduating as one of the inaugural cohort of Penn’s Master of Health Care Innovation program, a two-year online degree at Penn that provides health care professionals with the mentors and know-how to create real change.
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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.
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