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Better Communication for the Next Pandemic

WEBDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, communicating what people needed to know about the virus posed a supreme challenge to health officials. While most …

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Health Inequity in the United States: A Primer

WEBHealth Inequity in the United States: A Primer - Penn LDI. Download PDF. By any measure, the United States has a level of health inequity rarely seen among developed nations. The roots of this inequity …

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Why Health Privacy Online Is a Myth

WEBPolicy Suggestions. Increase enforcement funding for the FTC. “The FTC is very under-resourced given the importance of protecting health privacy,” said Friedman. …

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Despite Broad Efforts, U.S. Health Equity Gap Continues to …

WEBDespite broad efforts since 2009 to increase the availability of health insurance and access to health care for underserved populations, low-income people …

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Health Inequity in the United States

WEBHealth Inequity in the United States A Primer By José J. Escarce, MD, PhD University of California at Los Angeles Adapted from a keynote speech at the 20th Anniversary …

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Transportation Remains a Big Barrier to Health Care

WEBTransportation insecurity was linked to increased chances of cost-related drug nonadherence, food insecurity, and a decline in self-reported health status. The authors …

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Health Care Algorithms Can Improve or Worsen Disparities

WEBIn recent years, artificial intelligence has reached many parts of health care, and other health care algorithms are now part of everyday practice in clinical care, …

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Expanding Scope of Practice After COVID-19

WEBIn a virtual conference on November 20, 2020, Penn LDI and Penn Nursing brought together experts in law, economics, nursing, medicine, and dentistry to discuss …

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Penn Maternal Mortality Prevention Program Receives …

WEBIt’s rare for any innovation in health care delivery to achieve an overnight 80% improvement. Yet, eight years ago, that’s what happened with Penn Medicine …

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Future Bundled Payment Models Need To Engage …

WEBThe following first appeared in Health Affairs Forefront on April 4th, 2024.. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) remains committed to episode …

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Atheendar Venkataramani, MD, PhD

WEBAtheendar Venkataramani, MD, PhD is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the Perelman School of Medicine and a board …

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Hospital Consolidation Continues to Boost Costs, Narrow Access, …

WEBThose mergers reduced the number of hospitals from about 8,000 down to around just over 6,000.”. David Grande, MD, MPA. “There are also indications that …

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Community Health Centers and Value-Based Payment

WEBAn FQHC is a nonprofit or public entity that receives federal funding under Section 330 of the Public Health Service Act. The funding, which totaled $5.68 billion in …

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Modern Healthcare Names Penn’s Shreya Kangovi a Top Innovator

WEBModern Healthcare magazine has named LDI Senior Fellow and Penn Associate Professor Shreya Kangovi, MD, MS, a Top Innovator of 2022. She joins 24 …

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How Medicaid Continuous Enrollment Impacts Children and Families

WEBMany low-income households with children experience economic instability, with frequent fluctuations in their income and expenses. These fluctuations can lead to …

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Worsening Faster Than It’s Improving: The U.S. Mental Health Care

WEBAlthough the White House, Congress, and state governments have launched various new initiatives designed to improve the U.S. mental health care …

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Health Price Transparency and Site Neutral Payments

WEBInstead, it proposes a requirement that prices paid by Medicare for Part B drugs be “site-neutral” between hospital outpatient departments and physician’s office …

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NIH Hub Puts Penn at Center of New National Maternal Health …

WEBIn this four-minute video, Meghan Lane-Fall explains the goal and national logistics of the new NIH Implementation science hub at Penn. The National Institutes of …

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Impact of Hospital Privatization

WEBTheir study, recently released as a working paper by the National Bureau of Economic Research, revealed for the first time that while privatization substantially …

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Exploring the Policies That Are Closing Rural Hospitals

WEBAs she opened the session, LDI Executive Director Rachel M. Werner, MD, PhD, explained, “Since 2005, more than 190 rural hospitals have closed across the …

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Summer Undergraduate Mentored Research Program

WEBFounded in 2000 by Penn LDI and the Wharton School’s Health Care Management Department, the program helps advance equity in the health care professions. …

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Medicaid’s New Policy Boosts Street Medicine in the U.S.

WEBChristopher Allen was ready for a fresh start. On an unseasonably warm afternoon in March, Allen, in his early 30s, walked to the 6800 block of Woodland …

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