Elinore Kaufman and Rodney Babb, of the Penn Trauma Violence Recovery Program, participated in the Story Slam focusing on firearm injury and prevention as a public health issue, co-hosted by Annals of Internal Medicine, the American College of Physicians (ACP) and...
Denise Johnson was featured in Penn Today and named a difference maker in the Penn Medicine News for her role as the bridge between the street outreach Penn Community Violence Prevention program and the hospital-based Penn Trauma Violence Recovery...
A team including Zack Meisel, Gina South, and Shoshana Aronowitz have shone a light on burnout in substance use disorder (SUD) care providers that work outside of the traditional health care setting, suggesting an improved framework is necessary to address burnout in...
A study from Kit Delgado and colleagues demonstrates that combined individual audit and peer comparison feedback can increase the frequency of low-pill opioid prescriptions in the emergency department. However, the intervention does not affect prescribing disparities...
Maggie Lowenstein was featured in two recent articles related to improved access to opioid care. The LDI blog post discusses reducing barriers to care and the WHYY article reviews the potential of over-the-counter naloxone, an overdose reversal medication.
Elinore Kaufman was one of many guest lecturers that recently gave crash courses to a group of fourth year medical students on how to be better advocates for their patients, beyond the clinic walls. The story from WHYY emphasizes the importance of this physician role...
Jamie Song was featured in The PM Report for his work using a Penn Medicine CAREs grant to help with transportation, access to cell service, and emergency housing for survivors of violent injury. Part of the Penn Trauma Violence Recovery Program, Song works with...
Bernadette Hohl and Elinore Kaufman led applications that were selected for funding by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD). With the funding, Hohl will partner with The School District of Philadelphia to expand and enhance the Safe Path...
Research from Andrea Schneider and colleagues found that head injury among community-dwelling adults was associated with increased mortality risk over a long-term follow-up period. The study was featured in the Penn Medicine News.
Amidst a rising demand for acute care and a lack of capacity to meet it, Kit Delgado works “to design systems or choice environments that make the best choice the easy choice.” Penn Medicine News gives an overview of The Nudge Unit’s recent work and...
