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To deliver hospital-level care at home, practice makes perfect
Nurses practice how to talk to patients about properly storing medications

Nurses practice how to talk to patients about properly storing medications while they are enrolled in Hospital at Home.

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To deliver hospital-level care at home, practice makes perfect

Years of planning come to fruition as Penn Medicine’s Hospital at Home teams test run a new era of patient care devoted to better outcomes and fewer readmissions.

From Penn Medicine News

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 A home away from home for transplant patients and families
Penn’s Transplant House outdoor entrance.

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 A home away from home for transplant patients and families

Penn’s Clyde F. Barker Penn Transplant House offers a comforting and affordable refuge for transplant patients and families—with community and hope.

Matt Toal

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Empowering unhoused patients through comprehensive eye care
From left to right: Justin Wang, Janine Haros, and Eric Lee in a clinical room at the Scheie Eye Institute, holding documents and smiling together

Justin Wang (left), Janine Haros (center), and Eric Lee (right) in a clinical room at the Scheie Eye Institute, holding documents and smiling together.

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Empowering unhoused patients through comprehensive eye care

Penn fourth-years Eric Lee, Janine Haros, and Justin Wang will use a President’s Engagement Prize to elevate vision health in unhoused individuals across Philadelphia through free eye screenings, tailored care coordination, and interactive patient education.

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New educational video resources will support patients, caregivers, clinicians

New educational video resources will support patients, caregivers, clinicians

Penn Dental Medicine’s new educational video resources are designed to enhance the medical-dental integration efforts at the School’s community care center at PHMC Public Health Campus on Cedar in West Philadelphia, and to educate patients and caregivers of persons with disabilities.

The BioBlitz: Learn and explore right in Penn’s ‘urban backyard’

The BioBlitz: Learn and explore right in Penn’s ‘urban backyard’

Penn’s semi-annual BioBlitz brings faculty, students, staff, and community members to the BioPond in James G. Kaskey Memorial Park to closely examine, document, and appreciate the urban-ecosystem-turned-living-lab.

Making older homes a safer haven for young families
Two members of a lead abatement team surveying a house under lead abatement treatment.

The Green & Healthy Homes team tests the home, identifying any hazardous paint, and potentially replacing the surface and/or paint while the family stays in a local hotel.

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Making older homes a safer haven for young families

After five years, the Lead-Free Families initiative is proving the impact of a health system investing in safe homes.

From Penn Medicine News

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Raymond Tabak: Promoting campus and community safety
Ray Tabak.

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Raymond Tabak: Promoting campus and community safety

Raymond Tabak leads the Medical Emergency Response Team, helping keep Penn and the Philadelphia area safe through outreach, health workshops, and emergency medical care.