A Holiday Gift from Medical Ethics & Health Policy: 13 Great Resources
By Steven Joffe, MD, MPH, Interim Chair, Department of Medical Ethics & Health Policy As a parting gift to students and faculty as they depart for winter break, here is a...
A lottery like no other offers up a cutting-edge medicine — with lives on the line
“If it is really not possible to help all who are in need of help, then a lottery with priority to patients who are worst off is not a bad approach — and definitely fairer...
A New Center at Penn will Study Palliative Care for People with Dementia
A new grant from the National Institutes on Aging is funding the creation of a research center at the University of Pennsylvania devoted to improving palliative care for...
A New Text Message Initiative to Support Colon Cancer Patients
From Clinical Oncology News: Brian Dooreck, MD, of Gastrointestinal Diagnostic Centers in Pembroke Pines, Fla., has diagnosed colorectal cancer hundreds of times during his...
A Newcomer to Health Innovation Shares Her Experience
“I have a very strong interest in implementation science, especially when it comes to finding the best ways to close the knowledge and time gaps necessary to take up new...
A Novel Effort to See How Poverty Affects Young Brains
From The New York Times: Baby’s First Years is seen as an audacious effort to prove, through a randomized trial, a causal link between poverty reduction and brain...
A Novel Electronic Medical Record-Based Workflow to Measure and Report Colonoscopy Quality Measures.
A nudge helps doctors bring up end-of-life issues with their dying cancer patients
By Ravi Parikh, Christopher Manz, and Mitesh Patel for STAT Imagine this scenario, one that’s not uncommon for people diagnosed with incurable cancer: You and your cancer...