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Referred to as a “Beacon of Hope,” Penn Medicine’s new Pavilion, one of the largest hospital projects in the United States, opened on October 30 to staff, patients, and visitors. From the design and construction process to staff training, this state-of-the-art hospital has been home to a variety of innovative approaches that are mapping the future of healthcare.

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How Observation Units and Texting Create Hospital Capacity During COVID-19

November 23, 2021

In an analysis published this month, the COVID Accelerated Care Pathway was found to be highly effective in safely reducing hospital length of stay, a coveted metric during the worst of COVID-19. And it was all only possible once the health system took a step back to evaluate a problem that quietly developed under the umbrella of the pandemic.
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Mission Possible: Improving Diversity in Cancer Clinical Trials

November 18, 2021

Efforts at Penn Medicine are underway to take on both issues of equity in clinical trials and screening access through community engagement programs and expanded education.
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From Lancaster to Kuwait, Physician Assistant Delivers Compassionate Care in the OR and the Air During the Pandemic

November 16, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has tested health care professionals all over the world in ways few could have fathomed even just two years ago. Christina Broomell, PA-C, faced those same challenges, but on an extreme scale, while deployed more than 6,000 miles from home as an aeromedical physician assistant in the Pennsylvania National Guard.
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Implementation Science: What Is It and Why Is It Crucial in Health Care?

November 11, 2021

Gaps between research and practice happen in every setting and disease area. Implementation scientists aim to understand barriers and facilitators, and design and test different strategies to scale evidence-based practices, to ensure that the promise of scientific discovery is realized.
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Applied Health Informatics: Penn Medicine Builds on Its History to Launch a New Center

November 09, 2021

As patients, many of us have experienced using a digital patient portal or application to easily manage our care, such as myPennMedicine — Penn Medicine’s online health portal. Like anything else, navigating a health portal can take some time at first.
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Leading the Way in Sustainable Health Care

November 04, 2021

“Hospitals can really be at the forefront of sustainability,” said Greg Evans, director of sustainability at Princeton Health. “There need to be more voices out there, and the health care sector should be out in front, leading the way.”
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