In 2024, LDI awarded more than $400K in research grants, published more than 190 research updates covering the work of many LDI Fellows, received more than $160M in external grant funding, and much more.
Top 2024 LDI Research and News Content
LDI's top research and news content of last year covered an array of health care topics including the promises and risks of generative AI, the health impact of systemic racism, funding and equitable access for gene therapies, and more.
Tamara Cadet discussed her research on how care team coordination and collaboration, particularly among team members from different disciplines, improves outcomes for patients.
Congress has extended telehealth provisions until March 31, allowing ongoing flexibility for remote care services. LDI Fellows discuss the implications for transplant coordination, chronic disease management, and more.
Eileen Lake and Eric Bressman received grants from the LDI-Penn Medicine Research Laboratory for their projects on leveraging technology to improve health care delivery.
A study by Yehoda Martei on racial disparities in guideline-concordant cancer care in older adults, conducted through LDI's Center for Improving Care Delivery for the Aging (CICADA), was published in JAMA Network Open.
“The Surgeon General is Right: America Has a Drinking Problem.” Luis Sejia. STAT News
“Workers With a Disability Can Make Less Than $7.25 an Hour. UPenn Research Sheds Light on What Ending That Practice Has Meant in Some States.” Mihir Kakara. MSN
“Tuberculosis Rates Plunge When Families Living in Poverty Get a Monthly Cash Payout.”Aaron Richterman. NPR
“How the FDA's New Nutrition Labels Could Prod the Food Industry to Get Healthier.” Christina Roberto. STAT News
“Opioid Disposal Kits Found to Boost Safe Medication Disposal by More Than 10%.”Anish K. Agarwal. Medical XPress
PUBLICATIONS
“Medicare Risk Adjustment: Goals, Reform Proposals, And New Frontiers.” Aaron L. Schwartz. Health Affairs
“Quality of Hospices Used by Medicare Advantage and Traditional Fee-for-Service Beneficiaries.” Lindsay L.Y. White, Chuxuan Sun, Norma B. Coe. JAMA Network Open
“Exploring Social Support Experiences of Caregivers of Persons Living with Dementia in Hospice Care.” Hannah Cho, Justine S. Sefcik, Karla Washington, Debra Parker Oliver, George Demiris. Journal of Applied Gerontology
“A Bundled, Practice-Based Intervention to Increase HPV Vaccination.” Peter Szilagyi, Alexander G. Fiks, Cynthia M. Rand, Mary Kate Kelly, A. Russell Localio, Christina S. Albertin, Sharon G. Humiston, Robert W. Grundmeier, Jennifer Steffes, Kristin Davis, Laura P. Shone, Greta McFarland, Dianna E. Abney, Alisa J. Stephens-Shields. Pediatrics
“Emergency Department Utilization of the Methadone '72-Hour Rule' to Bridge or Initiate and Link to Outpatient Treatment.” Samantha Huo, Jessica Heil, Matthew S. Salzman, Alice Ely, Samuel Snyder, Dante Terracciano, Rachel Rafeq, Valerie Ganetsky, Gerard Carroll, Rachel Haroz. American Journal of Emergency Medicine
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