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Combating provider burnout and stress with music

Health care providers, long susceptible to burnout, have turned to music to alleviate the stress of the pandemic.

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‘Stop the Bleed’ program helps bystanders in India aid accident victims

The innovative program addresses the country’s high rate of preventable fatalities by offering training on how to recognize and stop life-threatening bleeding.

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Higher rates of chemical sedation among Black psychiatric patients points to inequities

Penn Medicine researchers also find that white patients are more likely to be chemically sedated in emergency departments at hospitals that treat high proportion Black patients, suggesting that hospital demographics can impact practice patterns.

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Insights on trust and vaccines: Lessons from an emergency department analysis

A team from the Perelman School of Medicine completed a survey to determine who people trust when it comes to vaccine hesitancy.

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Guiding emergency medicine toward a North Star of racial justice

Eugenia South, an assistant professor of emergency medicine and vice chair for Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity in Emergency Medicine, highlights the need to connect and act in support of equity and inclusion on many fronts.

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New emergency department program enables patients to recover at home safely

Penn Medicine established a program to improve support for patients after emergency department visits, helping them recover at home instead of the hospital.

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Delayed emergencies in COVID times

A new study shows how often people put off non-COVID emergency care during the pandemic, who stayed home, and what kind of care they deferred.

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Nearly 1 in 10 COVID patients return after leaving emergency department

A new Penn study finds patients with low pulse oximetry readings or fever were more than three times as likely to require hospitalization after their initial discharge, as compared to other COVID patients.

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After opioid overdose emergency, few patients receive timely follow-up

For people with diagnosed opioid use disorder, timely follow-up care after leaving the hospital can save lives. But a recent national study showed that just 16% of privately insured patients obtain that essential care.

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Survey examines emergency department management of deliberate self-harm

SP2’s Steven Marcus’ new study examines how routinely emergency room staff members properly provide help to individuals who present for self-harm, and how to improve emergency care for high-risk patients.

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