Penn Study: Electronic Alerts Significantly Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections Penn Study: Electronic Alerts Significantly Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections A Penn Medicine team has found that targeted automated alerts in electronic health records significantly reduce urinary tract infections in hospital patients with urinary catheters. In addition, when the design of the alert was simplified, the rate of improvement dramatically increased.
Taking ‘The Condom Pledge’: Penn Student’s Project Leads to Global Changes Taking ‘The Condom Pledge’: Penn Student’s Project Leads to Global Changes Jason Parad is changing lives, and he’s doing it with condoms.
Penn Sophomore Seeks to Improve Pneumonia Vaccines Penn Sophomore Seeks to Improve Pneumonia Vaccines By Christina Cook
Penn President Amy Gutmann to Welcome Incoming Freshmen Penn President Amy Gutmann to Welcome Incoming Freshmen WHO: Amy Gutmann, president of the University of Pennsylvania, and incoming freshmen WHAT: Move-in for Penn's Class of 2018 WHEN: Aug. 22, 2014, 11am
Penn Engineering Postdoc Duygu Kuzum Is One of ‘Innovators Under 35’ Penn Engineering Postdoc Duygu Kuzum Is One of ‘Innovators Under 35’ By Madeleine Stone @themadstone
Penn Study Finds Dopamine Replacement Therapy Associated with Increase in Impulse Control Disorders Among Early Parkinson's Disease Patients Penn Study Finds Dopamine Replacement Therapy Associated with Increase in Impulse Control Disorders Among Early Parkinson's Disease Patients New Penn Medicine research shows that neuropsychiatric symptoms such as depression, anxiety and fatigue are more common in newly diagnosed Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients compared to the general population.
Drug-Induced Endoscopy Is Safe for Those With Sleep Apnea, Penn Study Finds Drug-Induced Endoscopy Is Safe for Those With Sleep Apnea, Penn Study Finds Researchers from Penn Medicine have developed a safe and effective technique for inducing sleep in patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea.
Penn Physiologist Given NIH Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award for Research on Neurodegeneration Penn Physiologist Given NIH Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award for Research on Neurodegeneration Erika Holzbaur, PhD, a professor of Physiology in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, has received the Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award from the National Institutes of Health.
Penn Researchers Receive $7.3 Million Grant Renewal from NCI to Study Esophageal Cancer Penn Researchers Receive $7.3 Million Grant Renewal from NCI to Study Esophageal Cancer Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania will receive $7.3 million over the next five years from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to find new ways to treat esophageal cancer.