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Penn Medicine Information Services Recognized by CHIME Digital Health Most...
For the eighth consecutive year, Penn Medicine’s Information Services (IS) have been recognized on the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) Healthcare’s Most Wired list.
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Penn Medicine Researchers Receive Prestigious National Institutes of Health...
The NIH has selected two researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania to receive its prestigious Director’s Awards, part of the NIH Common Fund’s High-Risk,...
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Yes or No: Forcing a Choice Increased Statin Prescribing for Heart Disease...
In a clinical trial testing two different forms of “nudging,” statin prescriptions at the right dosages increased significantly among patients with heart disease when doctors had to actively choose...
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Offering a Pay-for-Performance Program to Oncology Practices Increases...
A pay-for performance program that offers enhanced reimbursement to oncology practices for prescribing high-quality, evidence-based cancer drugs increased use of these drugs without significantly...
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Penn Medicine Scientists Engineer Bacteria-Killing Molecules from Wasp Venom
A team led by scientists in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has engineered powerful new antimicrobial molecules from toxic proteins found in wasp venom.
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Penn Medicine Researchers Use Artificial Intelligence to ‘Redefine’...
Now, with a $17.8 million grant from the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health, researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania will...
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L. Scott Levin Elected Chair of Board of Regents of the American College of...
Penn Medicine’s L. Scott Levin, MD, FACS, the Paul B. Magnuson Professor of Bone and Joint Surgery, chairman of the department of Orthopaedic Surgery, and a professor of surgery in Plastic Surgery, was...
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Workplace Wellness Programs Could Improve If More Personalized, Penn Medicine...
A new study found that personal and psychological characteristics are strongly tied to people’s progress – or lack thereof – when they participate in programs designed to nudge them toward increased...
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What Fuels the Beating Heart? Study Reveals Nutrients Used by Normal and...
A team led by scientists in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has produced a detailed picture of fuel and nutrient use by the human heart.
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Nudges Combined with Machine Learning Triples Advanced Care Conversations...
An electronic nudge to clinicians—triggered by an algorithm that used machine learning methods to flag patients with cancer who would most benefit from a conversation around end-of-life goals—tripled...
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Increasing Education on Prone Positioning Could Increase Use Among Those...
Prone positioning, a technique shown to improve outcomes in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), a syndrome linked to common conditions such as pneumonia, sepsis, trauma, is not...
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Five Penn Faculty Elected to the National Academy of Medicine
Five faculty members from Penn have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, one of the nation’s highest honors in the fields of health and medicine.
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Magnetic Field and Hydrogels Could Be Used to Grow New Cartilage
Using a magnetic field and hydrogels, a team of researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have demonstrated a new possible way to rebuild complex body tissues,...
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Study: Media’s Reporting on Gun Violence Does Not Reflect Reality
A new study, led by the doctors who regularly treat gunshot victims, examined the way the media covers shootings and found that news reports place a disproportionate emphasis on fatal and multiple...
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Proton Therapy for Lung Cancer May Help Reduce Risk of Heart Diseases
Treating lung cancer patients with proton therapy may help reduce the risk of radiation-induced heart diseases, suggests a new study from Penn Medicine.
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‘Fast’ MRI Detects Breast Cancers that 3-D Mammograms May Miss
Beth Reisboard, 76, was relieved in 2018 when she received the results from her annual mammogram: “Negative.”
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Penn Study Supports Use of Radiation Before CAR Therapy for Multiple Myeloma
Administering radiation therapy to multiple myeloma patients waiting for CAR T cells to be manufactured was found to be safe and undisruptive to CAR T therapy, according to a new study from researchers...
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Fatal Police Shootings Among Black Americans Remain High, Unchanged Since 2015
Police shootings of unarmed Black people in the United States were three times higher than that of white people between 2015 and the beginning of 2020, according to a new report from researchers at the...
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Penn Medicine Researchers Receive $5.4 million Grant to Find Genetic Drivers...
The international hunt to find more genetic risk markers for testicular cancer is expanding. A team of researchers led by Katherine L. Nathanson, MD, deputy director of the Abramson Cancer Center and...
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Penn Researchers Discover Two Key Events That Turn Normal Cells into Cancer
More than 100 different cancers can arise all over the body, but two universal metabolic pathways may tie them all together, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of...
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