Raina Merchant, MD
Emergency Medicine
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Emergency Medicine - Clifton Center for Medical Breakthroughs
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Director, Penn Medicine Center for Digital Health
- Associate Vice President, Digital Health, Penn Medicine
- Professor of Emergency Medicine
- Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy
My education and training
- Medical School: University of Chicago
- Residency: University of Chicago Medical Center
Spoken languages
English
English
Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- Capital Blue Cross/Capital Advantage Insurance Company
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Lancaster General Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Emergency Medicine, 2009
- American Heart Association, National
- Leonard Davis Institute of Behavioral Economics Summer Minority Research Program, Local
- National Academy of Medicine (Elected member), National
- Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, National
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Agarwal AK, See K, 1, 2; Bar-Nadav K, McGinnis B, Tomczuk K, Gonzales R, Southwick L, Merchant RM From Listening to Leading: A Case Study of the “Blue Coats” Program to Improve and Sustain Workforce Well-Being , New England Journal of Medicine Catalyst: 2026
Slate Like It or Not, A.I. Is Part of Health Care Now , https://archive.ph/20260121164328/https:/slate.com/technology/2026/01/health-chatbot-medicine-ai-doctor-google.html: 2026
Kavanaugh L, Tomas S, Lynch S, Leri D, Xiong RA, Snider C, Ebert JP, Harhay MO, Lu Y, Orwig Desir N, Encarnacion IN, Mollanazar N, Thomas R, Bae C, Gitelman Y, Hahn L, Lee K, Mehta SJ, Merchant RM, Delgado MK From Rapid Randomized Trial to Scaled Implementation: Automated Calls Added to SMS Reminders Reduce Missed Appointments Among High-Risk Patients , NEJM Catalyst: 2026
Kilaru AS, Haider A, Harrison J, Dixon EL, Southwick L, Berkowitz M, Rareshide C, Carroll C, Kaledin C, McDermott G, Mehta M, Stephens Shields AJ, De La Rosa W, Agarwal AK, Merchant RM. Linkage of Emergency Department Patients With Public Benefits Navigators via Text Messages: A Randomized Clinical Trial , Journal of the American Medical Association Health Forum, 7: 2026,e256637
Southwick L, Sehgal NKR, Torrente D, Murgulescu V, Schroeder D, Asch DA, Ungar L, Mitra N, Groenveld P, Kimmel SE, Weissman GE, Guntuku SC, Merchant RM. Digital phenotyping and ASCVD risk: an exploratory cross-sectional analysis using online behavioral data. , American Heart Journal Plus: Cardiology Research Practice : 2026
Muir, KJ, Golinelli, D., Lasater, KB, Aiken, LH, Merchant, RM, McHugh, MD., Brooks Carthon, M. Association of emergency department and medical-surgical nurse staffing on patient departures against medical advice. , Journal of Emergency Nursing: 2026
Agarwal AK, Gonzales R, Sharma M, Schroeder D, Southwick L, Bellini L, Asch DA, Mitra N, Merchant RM. Perspectives of female and underrepresented physicians on well-being in medicine: A qualitative study from an academic medical center in the United States , British Medical Journal Open: 2026
Agarwal AK, Southwick L, Gonzales R, Bellini L, Asch DA, Mitra N, Yang L, Kishton R, Beck S, Balachandran M, Benjamin Wolk C, Merchant RM Differential impact of a digital mental health engagement platform on Black and female healthcare workers: A secondary analysis of a randomized trial. , Journal of General Internal Medicine : 2026
Dixon E, Harrison J, Haider A, Berkowitz M, Southwick L, Rareshide C, Carroll C, Kaledin C, Wendy De La Rosa W, Merchant RM, Kilaru A Automated text messages to link emergency department patients with public benefits navigators , Journal of the American Medical Association Network Open: 2026
Agarwal AK, Merchant RM The Emergency Department as a Public Health Lever: Infrastructure to Drive Intent to Action , Journal of the American Medical Association Network Open, 8(10): 2025,e2537664