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NEW: In our Q&A, LDI Fellows @ElinoreJKaufman and @AustinKilaru discussed their findings from two studies that looked into how emergency departments (EDs) connect patients from the ED to public benefits. Read more on our blog: ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/resea…

Congrats to Penn Med Transformation & Innovation mentee Chris Streiffer for presenting our applied machine learning and informatics work at DoM Research Day. Our work improves the processing and interfacing of incoming clinical data for Penn clinicians and patients every day. 💪🏾🙌🏾

ICYMI: A Penn Medicine team used text messages & default orders to bring more patients back to receiving routine #mammograms after a COVID-19 pandemic pause. The team included Shivan Mehta, MD, Susan Weinstein, MD, & Corinne Rhodes, MD, MPH. #BreastCancer spr.ly/60195XFwc

Designers bring huge value to health care improvement efforts. A report from the Equitable Health Lab (Illinois Tech) explores the contributions of designers in health care delivery & profiles design teams from 27 US health systems, including CHTI's I2O. healthcare.lab.id.iit.edu

Congrats to senior PennPulmonaryFellowship fellow Mary Barrosse-Antle who, working with Penn Med Transformation & Innovation Project IMPaCT leaders and Penn Medicine, delivered a fantastic patient-focused program to help CHWs talk about tobacco dependence treatment. Creating change one neighborhood at a time.

PHL has touched nearly 200,000 patient lives – and counting – in the studies they’ve conducted. Their growing portfolio spans efforts to prevent or manage several types of cancer, hepatitis C, influenza, and hypertension. Penn Med Transformation & Innovation chti.upenn.edu/population-hea…

Excited to announce that our work on implementing a machine learning framework for medical records processing has been accepted for publication! It was great working with Emeka C. Anyanwu, MD and the entire coordn8 Penn Med Transformation & Innovation team. Yes, faxes are still a thing. Adding OCR+ML and

HUP's PennHOPES program, that allows providers to buy small gifts to brighten patients’ stays in the hospital, has now spread to Penn Presbyterian and Pennsylvania Hospital. PennHOPES founder Dr. Noor Shaik discussed the program’s “heartwarming” impact. spr.ly/6019lNev3

Chief transformation officers inspire, model and drive lasting change within organizations. Becker's Hospital Review named Raina Merchant, MD MSHP FAHA among the top leaders in the field. Her work at Penn Medicine cultivates innovation and fuels progress. spr.ly/6013m6tsv

The incremental design of a machine learning framework for medical records processing ft. Chris Streiffer, MD, Divya Saini (Penn Medicine), Gideon Whitehead, Jency Daniel, Carolina Garzon-Mrad, Laura Kavanaugh & Emeka C. Anyanwu, MD (Penn Med Transformation & Innovation) tinyurl.com/mpeexe26

Only a few spots left for the Nudges in Health Care Symposium, 9/26-27, in Philly! We are so excited to convene a fantastic group of researchers & leaders to advance the use of behavioral science in health care delivery. See the agenda and snag a seat: chti.upenn.edu/NHCS24

Can bulk ordering and text messaging make lipid screening outreach more effective? A randomized controlled trial finds that bulk ordering increased participation in lipid screening after 3 months, but supplemental text messaging did not. Read more: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39879069/

Through research, education and action, Penn Medicine physician-scientist Eugenia South, MD, drives change for healthier communities in Philadelphia and beyond. Her recognition by City & State PA is well-deserved. Read about Dr. South’s trailblazing work: spr.ly/6003Lpwu5.

CBS News featured Raina Merchant, MD MSHP FAHA – CHTI's executive director, Penn Medicine's chief transformation officer, and an emergency medicine physician – for women's history month. "I get to work on 'how do we think about designing the health system of the future?'" she said. More ⬇️

The Penn HOPES program, founded by Noor Shaik, MD, PhD, & Rogan Magee, MD, PhD, was highlighted in Forbes as an initiative that encourages acts of kindness in healthcare, relating several stories of how it’s benefited both patients and providers. spr.ly/6018FvmIM

Developed at the start of COVID, the Switchboard app supported roughly 30,000 virtual medical visits per week at its peak. Since then, the app has expanded to increase points of communication to make care more accessible to patients. spr.ly/60142EksO

Penn Medicine is rethinking care delivery through two key initiatives: the Penn Acute Care at Home program, along with leveraging ambient AI documentation tools. Raina Merchant, MD, MSHP, discussed how the initiatives are improving care in Becker's Hospital Review. spr.ly/60132KVZt

A new algorithm is taking the guesswork out of OR scheduling. Developed by Penn Med Transformation & Innovation, the tool minimizes wait time for both patients and surgeons and reduces the number of cancelled or rescheduled procedures. spr.ly/60172xgEt

Deeply Rooted, a powerful community-academic partnership, advances health justice in West and Southwest Philadelphia by planting over 1000 trees and greening 1000 lots with 25+ local organizations, Penn, Children's Hospital, PHS, and the Philadelphia Schools. spr.ly/60122CvlY

Interested in harnessing behavioral science and digital solutions for changing patient and clinician behavior? Submit an abstract to our 2025 Nudges in Health Care Symposium! Thrilled to hear from our keynotes, Katy Milkman and Adam Rodman! 👇 nudgeunit.my.canva.site/symposium-2025…