MSHP @ Penn

#AdvocacyinAction Alumna Alice Abernathy and @pennldi.bsky.social colleagues discuss the latest reproductive rights developments three years after Dobbs. Check out the panel recap below!

New research by second years Rachael Acker and Jasmine Hwang and alumna Sara Ginzberg assess operative treatment for acute cholecystitis in older patients with multimorbidity. Read more below!

Extreme Risk Protection Orders—Ethics for Clinicians This Viewpoint discusses clinicians as legal petitioners of extreme risk protection orders to promote the safety and well-being of patients and communities.

Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs) can help prevent firearm-related harm — but what’s a clinician’s ethical role?
This powerful piece written by 2nd yr @vivekashok.bsky.social lays out a clear, compassionate path forward. Definitely a must-read! jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Excited for our #PAS2025 Sun AM poster with prelim data from the IGNITE trial showing how Philly communities center children when thinking about the environment and finances!

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Proud moment! Our 1st yr fellow, Joseph Kern, gave an oral presentation at the Society for Advancement of Violence and Injury Research (SAVIR) Annual Meeting in NYC earlier this month. He’s doing powerful work to understand how we can prevent violence in vulnerable communities. 👏 #ScholarHighlights

#ScholarHighlight Current student Kristan Scott and mentor Heather Burris analyze the relationship between pre-term births and postpartum care, highlighting the potential benefits of integrating postpartum care into neonatal intensive care units. Read more below!

#InstructorSpotlight Check out this new article from Paula Chatterjee, our stellar instructor for Introduction to Health Services Research!

Current student Vinny Ahluwalia leads research to provide a preliminary framework for deploying AI models in primary care-based cancer screenings, with critical implications for governance and reimbursement in the age of AI. Read more here! doi.org/10.1177/2381...

Our amazing health policy research electives are now available for Summer 2025 registration on Path@Penn! With topics ranging from health disparities research to strategic leadership and clinical artificial intelligence, you will not want to miss out!

Inequitable Screening for Pregnancy Intention by Race, Insurance, and Site of Care in Two High-Volume Urban Obstetric Hospitals - PubMed <span><b><i>Background:</i></b> In the United States, public health efforts are focused on reducing unintended pregnancy. Yet, differences in rates of unintended pregnancy, abortion, and unintended bi...

Learn more about this work by LDI Fellows Alice Abernathy,
Sindhu Srinivas, Courtney Schreiber, and colleagues here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39932801/

Check out this recent article from MSHP alum @mihirkakara.bsky.social and colleagues, also featured in @pennldi.bsky.social ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/res...

Check out this research on alcohol guidelines by MSHP scholar Luis Seija!

Fewer Stars: Patient Satisfaction with U.S. Health Care Facilities Drops Post-Pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic fundamentally disrupted the U.S. health care system, reshaping not only service delivery but also public perceptions and experiences of care. One revealing source of insight…

Their study results show that the proportion of positive reviews declined significantly post-COVID-19, with the sharpest drops occurring in rural areas. Learn more in our Q&A with the study authors, where we unpack their methods, results, and policy implications.
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Opioid Disposal Kits May Help Patients Dispose Pills Prescribing the right amount of opioid tablets to help ease severe pain after surgery can be a challenge. Opioid disposal kits may help address this issue.

Opioid disposal kits may offer an inexpensive and effective way to impact public safety by reducing excess opioids in the community, a new study by LDI Fellows Zarina Ali, Daniel Lee, @kitdelgado.bsky.social, and Anish Agarwal finds.

Read more at our new Q&A here:
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5 Ways Dobbs is Transforming Pregnancy and Pediatrics The 2022 Dobbs decision has dramatically altered U.S. abortion access. The ruling is already causing higher costs for the treatment of critically ill children

Read more here!
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In a new blog for @pennldi.bsky.social, alumni Diana Montoya Williams and colleagues highlight the ripple effect of the Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs decision, including higher costs for the treatment of critically ill children and less access to surgery in pregnancies affected by a congenital anomaly.

Awaiting insurance coverage: Medicaid enrollment and... : Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery reased use of postacute care, but also with prolonged hospital length of stay (LOS) while awaiting insurance authorization. METHODS We linked trauma registry and EMR data to identify patients ages ...

MSHP alum and mentor @elinorejkaufman.bsky.social and colleagues explore associations between Medicaid enrollment and trauma care, bringing attention to processing delays that could contribute to delayed discharge and unnecessary hospital days. Read more here! journals.lww.com/jtrauma/full...

Have CFTR modulators changed the need for liver and lung... : Liver Transplantation An abstract is unavailable.

#ScholarHighlights Exciting new research alert! Check out Nic Muñoz’s latest publication examining how CFTR modulators are reshaping the landscape of organ transplantation for patients w/cystic fibrosis. Read more here: journals.lww.com/lt/fulltext/...

Opinion | Nursing Homes Owe More to Their Residents New rules requiring increased staffing and care are under attack.

New nursing home staffing rules will save 13k lives a year, yet the industry now wants to kill these rules before they take effect. Here’s why our elderly parents deserve better.

Read the @nytimes.com oped by @rachelwerner.bsky.social
and Norma Coe⤵️

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Reducing disparities in emergency department outcomes for individuals with limited English proficiency: The nurse work environment Patients with limited English proficiency (LEP) experience worse emergency department (ED) outcomes.To evaluate the association between nurses’ work e…

NCSP alum (c/o 24) and current senior @pennldi.bsky.social fellow Jane is the 1st author of a study in Nursing Outlook which underscores how hospital investments in nursing resources may help reduce disparities in patients with limited English proficiency. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The Future of Primary Care: Quality, Access, and Costs This webinar will explore factors contributing to the primary care crisis and strategies used to improve care coordination....

Primary care saves lives, but access gaps persist. How do we fix them?

Join @nihcm.bsky.social’s Feb 25 webinar with Dr. Amol Navathe to explore solutions.

📅 Sign up now: nihcm.org/events/the-f...

Almost all pediatric gun injuries and deaths occur in low-opportunity neighborhoods | Opinion Urgent investment in child opportunity is the path forward. Every day that we delay, more children and teens could die.

In a recent op-ed for the Philadelphia Inquirer, alumna Anireddy Reddy, MD, MSHP, analyzed pediatric firearm injury data and found that teens living in low-opportunity neighborhoods were two and a half times more likely to sustain a gun injury. Read more here: www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...

Medicaid funding for gun violence programs could be threatened Republican Congressman Andrew Clyde, of Gerogia, unveiled the Medicaid Funds Integrity Act to restrict Medicaid funds for gun violence prevention programs.

Second year MedPeds scholar, @vivekashok.bsky.social, was recently interviewed by WHYY News! He emphasized that stable funding of violence prevention programs "would expand services, treat more patients, prevent reinjury, and improve community health." #AdvocacyinAction
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2025 LDI-Penn Medicine Research Laboratory Projects Announced The LDI-Penn Medicine Research Laboratory has announced its 2025 grants for LDI Senior Fellows

#ScholarHighlights Kaustav Shah, MD, a first-year scholar, is a co-investigator on a groundbreaking study using large language models (LLMs) to improve provider handoffs, reducing documentation burden and enhancing care. Learn more: ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/res...

Congratulations to MSHP Director, Marilyn Schapira, for receiving the 2024 Perelman School of Medicine’s Samuel Martin Health Evaluation Sciences Research Award! Her leadership and mentorship bring so much to our program and we are proud that she has received this recognition!

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