Preop Testing for Low-Risk Cataract Surgery Patients: Choosing Wisely or Low-Value Care?

23 Dec 2013Lee A. Fleisher, MD, chair of the department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, authored a commentary alongside a study from a team from the University of Washington, Seattle, showing that, despite this evidence showing no... Read more

23 Dec 2013Two teams led by researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have been approved for funding awards by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). One group will develop and expand a health data network for vasculitis patients and researchers, while... Read more

18 Dec 2013John Lambris, Ph.D., the Dr. Ralph and Sallie Weaver Professor of Research Medicine in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, is part of an 8 million dollar (6 million Euro) European Union FP7 grant, which has been awarded... Read more

18 Dec 2013Leaders from the ACC, including its director Chi V. Dang, MD, PhD, bestowed Bert Vogelstein, MD, a world-renowned geneticist from The Johns Hopkins University and a University of Pennsylvania alumni, with the inaugural Abramson Award. Read more

18 Dec 2013Nearly two-thirds (65 percent) of the nations leading health care executives say they believe the health care system will be somewhat or significantly better by 2020 than it is today as a result of national health care reform. Additionally, 93 percent believe that the quality of care provided by... Read more

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