At the recent Alzheimer's Association conference, Adriana Perez discussed how language barriers exclude Spanish-speaking older Latinos from participating in clinical trials testing treatments for Alzheimer's and related dementias.
Research by Genevieve Kanter et al examines the positive and negative implications of medically integrated dispensing, a practice model in which oncology practices dispense oral anticancer drugs via onsite pharmacies.
Elinore Kaufman, Kit Delgado, Therese Richmond, and colleagues mapped U.S. gun deaths, and found that the Southeast, especially Alabama, had more firearm homicide hotspots, while firearm suicide hotspots were in more rural regions in the West and Midwest.
Our roundup features recent books by Senior Fellows from across Penn's schools—with topics ranging from the political economy of health and wealth, to the connection between urban planning and health, and more.
LDI and the University of Pennsylvania Health System announce the second annual request for proposals for the LDI-Penn Medicine Research Laboratory. The lab solicits proposals for projects focused on Optimizing Health Care Through Community-Based Sites of Care.
“Heart Disease Deaths Fall in Areas With Lower Violent Crime Rates.” Lauren Eberly.The Hill
“The Increasing Death Toll in the U.S. From Extreme Heat.” Sameed Khatana.Time
“'Is An Abortion Medically Necessary?' Is Not a Question for Ethicists to Answer.” Holly Fernandez-Lynch, Steven Joffe, and Emily A. Largent. STAT News
“Does Health Care Law Protect Emergency Abortion?” Allison Hoffman.ABC News
“CHOP, Habitat for Humanity to Repair West Philly Homes To Improve Health Outcomes.” Tyra Bryant-Stephens.WHYY
PUBLICATIONS
“Making Electronic Health Records Both SAFER and SMARTER.” Kevin B. Johnson, William W. Stead. JAMA
“Understanding Risk Factors for Cancer: What's New and How Can It Help Reduce the Cancer Burden?” Karen Glanz, Jinbo Chen, Steven Joffe.Cancer
“Law Enforcement in the Emergency Department.” Rucha Alur, Erin Hall, Utsha Khatri, Sara Jacoby, Eugenia South, Elinore J. Kaufman.JAMA Surgery
“Among-Hospital Variation in ICU Admission Practices and Associated Outcomes for Patients With Acute Respiratory Failure.” George L. Anesi, Erich Dress, Marzana Chowdhury, Wei Wang, Dylan S. Small, M. Kit Delgado, et al. Annals of the American Thoracic Society
“Remote Patient Monitoring—Will More Data Lead to More Health?” Amol S. Navathe, Aidan Crowley, Joshua M. Liao.JAMA Internal Medicine
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