The teams selected for the latest version of the Innovation Accelerator take part in a problem-solving exercise during the program’s kick-off meeting. PHILADELPHIA— Artificial intelligence (AI) is having a moment, partly due to its potential to address …
Scott D. Halpern, MD, PhD, Meghan Lane-Fall, MD, MSHP, and M. Kit Delgado, MD, MS. PHILADELPHIA – A $5 million grant seeks to develop new, more efficient approaches to learn from the care delivered to patients across the University of Pennsylvania Health …
Peer Recovery Specialist Eric Ezzi and his wife with their daughter. For any patient in the hospital, their stay entails a constant stream of health care professionals visiting the room; physicians and nurses and techs monitor their condition and map out …
PHILADELPHIA – As we approach the four-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, health misinformation continues to be pervasive and negatively impact public health. The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that, in 2022, the amount of …
Good health care involves treating the whole person, which includes medical, psychological, and social aspects of care. Patient experience—making sure patients feel listened to and their concerns cared about, in a comfortable environment with thoughtful …
PHILADELPHIA – Buying personal hygiene supplies for someone in need, helping them access fresh, healthy food, or offering a ride to a medical appointment may seem like simple acts of service. Often, those acts have a network of passionate, dedicated …
PHILADELPHIA – The development of any type of second cancer following CAR T cell therapy is a rare occurrence, as found in an analysis of more than 400 patients treated at Penn Medicine, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of …
PHILADELPHIA— While the standard timing for imaging patients’ tumors after immunotherapy is three months, researchers found that imaging patients with melanoma after just one week of treatment illuminated metabolic changes in their tumors that corresponded …
Warfel, pictured here, during her IRONMAN race in Kona, Hawai’i in October 2023. On a typical day, Ava Warfel, RN, wakes up around 3 a.m. The nurse supervisor at the new Penn Medicine HealthWorks Alvernia University practice in Reading, PA, doesn’t have to …
PHILADELPHIA – Six physician-scientists from the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia have been elected to the American Society of Clinical Investigation, joining one of the nation’s oldest and most …
Scientists will be recognized at the 2024 AACR Annual Meeting January 19, 2024 PHILADELPHIA – Renowned immunologist E. John Wherry, PhD, and distinguished pediatric oncologist John M. Maris, MD, have been named as members of the 2024 class of fellows of …
PHILADELPHIA— Across the country, more than 10,000 patients are waiting for liver transplants, and some patients run out of time waiting for a new organ. Initial results from a research study at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of …
PHILADELPHIA— A new analysis focusing specifically on people of African ancestry identified three gene variants that may be contributing to this population’s susceptibility to developing and being blinded by glaucoma. People of African ancestry are five …
PHILADELPHIA – An exhalation delivery system that uses a patient’s own breath to carry the anti-inflammatory compound fluticasone (EDS-FLU) directly to the sinuses reduced chronic sinus infection (sinusitis) symptoms and decreased aggravations and …
In January 2023, 70-year-old fitness coach Howard Aaron was preparing for the Arnold Classic, an international weightlifting competition—one of the many he has participated in throughout his nearly 40 years as a fitness coach. In March, training came to a …
PHILADELPHIA – Ordering a palliative care consultation by “default” – via an automatic order programmed into the electronic medical record that doctors may cancel if they choose – is an effective strategy to give more hospitalized patients the opportunity …
At Penn Medicine Chester County Hospital (CCH), the Maternal Child Health care team is always striving to meet the needs of patients while searching for ways to improve patient care. CCH’s latest patient care initiative focuses on improving postpartum …
Candles bearing the names of babies lost during pregnancy or in the days after glow during a remembrance ceremony held at Princeton Medical Center. Luciano. Julian Angel. Caden James. Bernadette Flynn-Kelton, BSN, RN, outpatient bereavement coordinator …
If opioid use disorder is a disease, then why not treat it with medicine? Although it is a simple question, it has often been a fraught one. Attitudes toward opioid use are decidedly not uniform, even in the medical community, which has hampered the …
The 90 minutes that Whitney Zachritz, MSN, RN, CPNP-BC, spends offering books and snacks to parents of the hospital’s littlest patients are typically the most special of her week. Zachritz, an Intensive Care Nursery (ICN) clinical practice leader at the …
