81 Articles
June 30, 2010
In this Issue:
What Your Genes Say about You
CEOs Corner: Information Services Keeping Penn Medicine at the Forefront
Penn Data Store: A Boost to Patient Care and Clinical Research
2010 UPHS Nursing Clinical Excellence Awards
A...Full story
Helping People All the Time: Kava Schafer
Living with cancer is physically draining . . . but it can also empty a patients emotional and spiritual reservoirs. HUP chaplain Kava Schafer empowers these patients, helping them to remember their core strengths and rebuild connections...Full story
June 29, 2010
Getting Married in the Near Future?
Having a financially stable future depends on the choices you make today. Let the Money Coach assist you in planning for your future....Full story
What Your Genes Say about You
Daniel J. Rader, MD
Mr. H is a 45-year-old non-smoker with healthy cholesterol levels, borderline high blood pressure, no signs of diabetes or hypertension, and some family history of coronary artery disease. He exhibits no acti...Full story
CEO's Corner: Information Services Keeping Penn Medicine at the Forefront
UPHS is an information-intensive organization. Day in and day out, our caregivers and medical investigators utilize massive amounts of facts and findings in support of superior patient care and the acquisition of new biomedical knowledge...Full story
Penn Data Store: A Boost to Patient Care and Clinical Research
Every day, UPHS generates an enormous amount of statistics, clinical findings, lab results, demographic information, and medication histories. All are crucial for high quality patient care. And Penn researchers have come to rely on these...Full story
50 Years of Spoofing
Deborah Hemel (l.) and Nidhi Jain enjoy the perks of VC5000 in Cadavatar: Spoof 2010.
Two med students wistfully sing about their perfect ‘match’ (in this case, matching to a residency), only to be totally mismatched by a Harry Pott...Full story
The Streak Continues: 15 years and Counting
Since the start of the annual student-faculty basketball game in the mid 1990’s, the student team has never lost to the faculty team. Coming off the closest game ever in 2009 (a seven-point victory for the students), there was great anti...Full story
Roundtable: Patient Satisfaction, Safety, and More
In this edition of the Roundtable: A new program that will help improve the patient experience; the recent Joint Commission accreditation survey; Knowledge-based Charting; moves and renovations....Full story
June 28, 2010
Return to Learning
These career counseling and education information sessions offered through the Penn Medicine Academy are open to all employees. Our plan is to offer these sessions monthly at the three hospitals and by request elsewhere throughout the Healt...Full story
