The primary goal of healthcare-related research is to aid patient care. This is done by gathering scientifically based knowledge, which is then used to help make decisions regarding treatment, effective policies and practices.
Topics currently at the center of debate include healthcare financing, the uninsured, insurance reforms, quality of care, mental health, and the impact of changes in the healthcare market on providers and patients.
Penn Medicine physician calls for standardized health policy curriculum
Dr. Mitesh Patel’s research reveals U.S. medical students have less confidence in their knowledge about the health care system than in their knowledge of clinical issues.
Penn scientists say Human Genome Project can help dissolve racial barriers
Biologists concur that the genome provdies more evidence supporting the notion that race is more a product of culture than of genetics.
Penn doctors are leaders in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
Seven of the nine Heart Failure and Transplant doctors at Penn are now certified in the new Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology specialty.
Cystic Fibrosis Climb for Life- February 27th, 2011
Wawa’s 24th annual event helps raise money for Cystic Fibrosis research.
Temple Rheumatology staff adds new member
Ritu Valiyil, MD, recently appointed Rheumatologist at Temple University Hospital.
Penn researcher receives grant to test Macular Degeneration drug
Dr. John Lambris of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine has been awarded a $2 million grant from the National Eye Institute.
New heart-care center opens in Upper Bucks County
The St. Luke’s Quakertown Hospital-based center is the third heart and vascular center the St. Luke’s health system has opened.
Study provides new information about spina bifidan surgery
Study confirmed that children who received fetal surgery were far more likely to walk than those who had surgery after birth.
Cephalon reaches agreement with Alba
Cephalon hopes to provide the first pharmacologic therapy to treat patients with Celiac disease.
Muscular Dystrophy Association awards grants to pair of Philadelphia researchers
The association has awarded $13.5 million in grants to researchers across the United States.