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Penn Medicine Researchers Map Strategy for "Choosing Wisely" on Low-Value Health Care Services
PHILADELPHIA — Cutting the expenses associated with “low-value” medical tests and treatments – such as unnecessary imaging tests and antibiotics for viral infections that won’t benefit from them – will require a multi-pronged plan targeting insurance companies, patients, and physicians, according to a JAMA Viewpoint article published this week by researchers from the
Daniel Polsky Appointed Executive Director of Leonard Davis Institute at Penn
PHILADELPHIA — Daniel Polsky has been named executive director of the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics at the University of Pennsylvania. The announcement was made today by Penn Provost Vincent Price.
Institute of Medicine Elects Six New Members From Penn
PHILADELPHIA — Six professors from the University of Pennsylvania, representing four schools, have been elected members of the Institute of Medicine (IOM), one of the nation's highest honors in biomedicine.
Shoemaker Green, Penn’s Newest Commons, Honors Trustee for Years of Service; Dedication Sept. 20
PHILADELPHIA – Shoemaker Green, the newest landscape project on the University of Pennsylvania campus, was created in honor of emeritus trustee Alvin Shoemaker.
Free eBook: 'Why Good People Can’t Get Jobs' by Wharton Prof. Peter Cappelli: September 10-17, 2012
Much-praised book that confronts the “skills gap” myth available at no cost from Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble, and Sony
Penn's David Asch Appointed to IOM GME Board
David A. Asch, MD, MBA, executive director of the Penn Medicine Center for Innovation and the Robert D.
Penn's Wharton to Co-host Business, Financial Responsibility Training Seminar for High School Educators
Knowledge@Wharton High School (KWHS) and PwC today announced the convening of the PwC-KWHS Seminar for High School Educators on Business and Financial Responsibility. The all-expenses-paid financial literacy conference for 150 educators will be held Sept.
RightCare Solutions, a Startup Based on Penn Nursing Research, Wins the Janssen Connected Care Challenge
PHILADELPHIA — Discharge Decision Support System, a tool to improve health-care outcomes based on research conducted at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, is the winner of the Janssen Connected Care Challe
Penn Study Documents Gender Pay Gap Among Stockbrokers
PHILADELPHIA – The excesses of Wall Street may be big news, but behind the headlines is another major story. When it comes to men and women stockbrokers, men take home bigger paychecks.
Penn’s Center for High Impact Philanthropy Launches Development of Child-Survival Tool Kit for Donors
Each year, before reaching age age 5, almost 8 million children die from preventable causes.
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Time
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Diane Alexander of the Wharton School says that medical reimbursements for an identical office visit in 2009 ranged from $37 in Minnesota to $160 in Alaska.
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Time
Why maternity care is underpaid
Diane Alexander of the Wharton School says that medical reimbursements for an identical office visit in 2009 ranged from $37 in Minnesota to $160 in Alaska.
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ABC News
Starbucks sales are slumping. Is it a bellwether for the economy?
Cait Lamberton of the Wharton School says that Starbucks has to fundamentally rethink the value they offer so they don’t become a quick-service fast-food place.
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RNZ/Radio New Zealand
Embracing AI in our lives
In his new book, “Co-intelligence: Living and Working with AI,” Ethan Mollick of the Wharton School says that people should learn to work with AI as a tool to be more creative, more capable, and even more human.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
What’s it like to come home from prison? Reentry simulations let people experience it firsthand
With support from the STAR program, Aslam Ashari was able to enroll in an entrepreneurship course at Penn after his release from prison.
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