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Better survival rates from hospital-based donor care for lung transplants
Better survival rates from hospital-based donor care for lung transplants
A new study by Penn researchers has examined, for the first time, the differences in lung transplant graft outcomes from organs recovered from the two types of deceased organ donor care facilities operating in the United States.
Avoidable deaths during COVID-19 associated with chronic hospital nurse understaffing
Avoidable deaths during COVID-19 associated with chronic hospital nurse understaffing
A new first-of-its-kind study from Penn Nursing shows that individuals with COVID-19 were more likely to die in hospitals that were chronically understaffed before the pandemic.
Emergency care can help patients get health insurance and unclaimed benefits for food, rent
Emergency care can help patients get health insurance and unclaimed benefits for food, rent
Penn Medicine faculty and LDI fellows are working to design the kind of interventions that will connect patients with eligible care coverage.
Gearing up for research on aging
Gearing up for research on aging
GEAR UP, an initiative offered by the Population Aging Research Center and the Leonard Davis Institute, gives students from underrepresented and disadvantaged backgrounds hands-on experience and mentoring to address a global challenge.
Nurses across the U.S. cite employer failures as their top reason for leaving
Nurses across the U.S. cite employer failures as their top reason for leaving
A new Penn Nursing study highlights the fact that health care employers could retain more nurses through solutions that enhance nurses’ work-life balance.
Adding diversity to your research process: A new system
Adding diversity to your research process: A new system
A Penn team has created guidelines and a best practices overview for incorporating equity and diversity into the research process.
Who, What, Why: Taussia Boadi on trauma and Black maternal health
Who, What, Why: Taussia Boadi on trauma and Black maternal health
The fourth-year sociology major’s research looks at the relationship between adverse childhood experiences, birth outcomes, and resilience in Black women.
Patients in nursing homes after hospitalization have better outcomes at specialized facilities
Patients in nursing homes after hospitalization have better outcomes at specialized facilities
A new study by LDI associate fellow Zachary S. Templeton and LDI executive director Rachel M. Werner finds that death and readmission rates are lower but stays are longer and Medicare costs are higher.
Julia Ognibene shadows doctors in Italy
Julia Ognibene shadows doctors in Italy
Julia Ognibene spent the summer connecting with family and shadowing doctors in Italy
Deans of health schools discuss climate change in their fields
Deans of health schools discuss climate change in their fields
Deans and leaders from the schools of Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, Dental Medicine, Nursing, and Social Policy & Practice discussed climate and health at a Climate Week event.
In the News
The Washington Post
Why many nonprofit (wink, wink) hospitals are rolling in money
Lawton Burns of the Wharton School says that nonprofit-hospital CEOs use corporate rhetoric to justify engaging in for-profit business while maintaining their not-for-profit status.
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The Washington Post
As Biden ends campaign, focus shifts to health for remainder of his term
PIK Professor Ezekiel Emanuel says that the presidency is an administration with a team led by the president, not a one-man show.
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Lisa Jarvis: The Supreme Court put health care at risk
Holly Fernandez Lynch of the Perelman School of Medicine says that the language for approving a drug in the Federal Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act is too ambiguous.
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The Wall Street Journal
There’s a right way—and a wrong way—to snack
Christina A. Roberto of the Perelman School of Medicine suggests that, if you do snack at night, decide what to eat ahead of time.
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Stat
The ethical implications of Elon Musk’s unorthodox approach to medical science
Anna Wexler of the Leonard Davis Institute and Perelman School of Medicine examines the ethical implications of Neuralink’s unorthodox approach to research.
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HealthDay
Hospital nursing resources tied to COVID-19 survival
According to a study by Karen Lasaster of the School of Nursing, older patients with COVID-19 are more likely to survive hospitalization in facilities with adequate nursing resources.
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