On November 20, Penn LDI and Penn Nursing presented a virtual conference on the current state and future of health professional scope of practice, and how to better meet community needs and reduce barriers to care after COVID-19. Supported by Penn Dental and Penn Law, the event featured national experts in law, economics, nursing, medicine, and dentistry. Read our event recap and related research brief examining Pennsylvania’s nurse practitioner workforce, and stay tuned for more conference-related materials coming soon.
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Eighteen states and D.C. may not have enough physicians with hospital experience to meet the needs of patients hospitalized with COVID at the projected peak of the pandemic, according to studies by Kira Ryskina and colleagues. More than 40% of hospital service areas lack a physician with critical care experience, as Ryskina details in this research brief and STAT op-ed.
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Florence Momplaisir has received a $3.2 million, four-year grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research to explore how incorporating community health workers into clinical HIV therapy teams might boost efforts to reach and treat out-of-care individuals.
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A series of studies by Norma Coe and colleagues examines how patients with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias fare in Medicare Advantage plans, compared to traditional Medicare.
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In a recent Medical Care study, Morgan Shields finds that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Quality Reporting Program reduced duration of restraint and seclusion by 50%.
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Friday, December 4, 2020 | 9:30–10:30 a.m. ET
Social Media Workshop: Creating Content and Building Your Following
A Virtual Event for LDI Senior and Associate Fellows featuring Nick Dean, Director of Digital Strategy at Burness
Friday, December 4, 2020 | 12:00–1:00 p.m. ET
Coronavirus Vaccine: Addressing Challenges in Distribution and Uptake
A Virtual Conversation with Dayna Bowen Matthew, JD, PhD, Caroline Johnson, MD, Nicole Lurie, MD, MSPH, and Paul Offit, MD, moderated by Alison Buttenheim, PhD, MBA
Wednesday, December 9, 2020 | 12:00–1:00 p.m. ET
LDI/SOM Virtual Workshop with Krista Harrison, PhD
Emerging Scholars Exchange Program, in partnership with University of Michigan Institute of Healthcare Policy & Innovation and University of California, San Francisco Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies
Friday, December 11, 2020 | 9:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m. ET.
Fifth Annual Population Health Science Research Workshop
Health Equity in the Age of COVID-19
Sponsored by Penn LDI and Boston University School of Public Health
Missed one of our virtual seminars? Recordings are available on our website.
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Racial Disparities in Preemptive Wait-listing and Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation: Ethics and Solutions, American Journal of Transplantation, November 2020, Peter P. Reese, Sumit Mohan, Kristen L. King, Winfred W. Williams, Vishnu S. Potluri, Meera N. Harhay, Nwamaka D. Eneanya
Predictors of Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the U.S.: Role Of Economic Concerns, Health Worries and Social Distancing, PLoS One, November 2020, Fabrice Kämpfen, Iliana V. Kohler, Alberto Ciancio, Wändi Bruine de Bruin, Jürgen Maurer, Hans-Peter Kohler
Evaluation of COVID-19 Testing Strategies for Repopulating College and University Campuses: A Decision Tree Analysis, Journal of Adolescent Health, November 2020, Amelia Van Pelt, Henry A. Glick, Wei Yang, David Rubin, Michael Feldman, Stephen E. Kimmel
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Rates of Continuous Glucose Monitor Initiation and Continued Use in Children With Type 1 Diabetes, Diabetes Care, November 2020, Charlene W. Lai, Terri H. Lipman, Steven M. Willi, Colin P. Hawkes
Association of Adverse Neighborhood Exposures with HIV Viral Load in Pregnant Women at Delivery, JAMA Network Open, November 2020, Florence M. Momplaisir, Tanner Nassau, Kari Moore, Clara Grayhack, Wanjiku F. M. Njoroge, Ana V. Diez Roux, Kathleen A. Brady
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