Maps, pandemics, and reckoning with history Forthcoming Maps, pandemics, and reckoning with history Geospatial data has long been an important tool for scientists and scholars, but now, as society grapples with both coronavirus and a history of systemic racism, can maps help chart a path toward a brighter future?
New machine learning method allows hospitals to share patient data privately New machine learning method allows hospitals to share patient data privately An emerging technique called federated learning is a solution for health systems and hospitals that are often resistant to sharing patient data, due to legal, privacy, and cultural challenges.
Primary care, delivered Primary care, delivered Class of 2019 alumni, in collaboration with Sayre Health Clinic, bring housing and food insecure people in Philadelphia primary care through a medically outfitted van.
SP2 student launches remote health care Kickstarter project during COVID-19 Linya (Leah) Liu. (Image: SP2 News) SP2 student launches remote health care Kickstarter project during COVID-19 Liu is working with the startup Nexusera to respond to the surging need for remote care caused by the pandemic by connecting patients with their families and caretakers through a medication adherence management system.
Half of low-income communities have no ICU beds Half of low-income communities have no ICU beds A new Penn study says policies that facilitate hospital coordination are urgently needed to mitigate effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Five-minute coronavirus stress resets Penn In the News The New York Times Five-minute coronavirus stress resets Research by Veena Graff of the Perelman School of Medicine found that serene music can be highly effective in decreasing preoperative anxiety in patients. Family and primary care doctors may have been most at risk of dying from COVID Family and primary care doctors may have been most at risk of dying from COVID A Penn-led study suggests that in the health care community, workers in hospital settings may be better protected from COVID-19 than the general population. Pregnant Black and Hispanic women more likely to be exposed to coronavirus Pregnant Black and Hispanic women more likely to be exposed to coronavirus Penn researchers found the rate of virus exposure among pregnant Black and Hispanic women to be five times higher than among white and Asian women. Increasing community impact through Penn Medicine CAREs grant program Increasing community impact through Penn Medicine CAREs grant program Outside of hospitals and clinics, Penn Medicine physicians, nurses, staff, and students are serving their neighborhoods through volunteerism. Is the threat of COVID vaccine hesitancy getting enough attention? Is the threat of COVID vaccine hesitancy getting enough attention? The ultimate key to ending the coronavirus pandemic is developing an effective vaccine and administering it to the population. But a number of trends are converging in ways that may prevent the achievement of that population-wide herd immunity.
Family and primary care doctors may have been most at risk of dying from COVID Family and primary care doctors may have been most at risk of dying from COVID A Penn-led study suggests that in the health care community, workers in hospital settings may be better protected from COVID-19 than the general population.
Pregnant Black and Hispanic women more likely to be exposed to coronavirus Pregnant Black and Hispanic women more likely to be exposed to coronavirus Penn researchers found the rate of virus exposure among pregnant Black and Hispanic women to be five times higher than among white and Asian women.
Increasing community impact through Penn Medicine CAREs grant program Increasing community impact through Penn Medicine CAREs grant program Outside of hospitals and clinics, Penn Medicine physicians, nurses, staff, and students are serving their neighborhoods through volunteerism.
Is the threat of COVID vaccine hesitancy getting enough attention? Is the threat of COVID vaccine hesitancy getting enough attention? The ultimate key to ending the coronavirus pandemic is developing an effective vaccine and administering it to the population. But a number of trends are converging in ways that may prevent the achievement of that population-wide herd immunity.