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Confronting Racism in Health Care The Commonwealth Fund
Yelp Star Ratings on Health Care Facilities May Reveal County-Level Death Rate Disparities Penn Medicine News Blog
Yelp ratings of healthcare facilities may reveal death rate disparities HealthLeaders
2021 Awards of Excellence Recipients Office of the Dean
Yelp reviews could help hospitals target racism, Penn study finds

Additional coverage: WHYY, Penn LDI

 The Philadelphia Inquirer
The Pennsylvania Healthcare Power 100: 51-100 City and State Pennsylvania
Community Concerns about the COVID-19 Vaccine Penn LDI
Anatomy of a health conundrum: The racial gap in vaccinations

Additional coverage: The Philadelphia Citizen

 The Washington Post
Penn Medicine to Use $1M from City of Philadelphia for Additional Community Vaccination Clinics Penn Medicine News Blog
Be a Hero, Save a Life, Learn Hands-Only CPR Long Island Herald
Which US vaccine plans actually helped hard-hit communities? MIT Technology Review
Penn Medicine Innovation Projects Secure Independence Blue Cross Grants Penn Medicine News Blog
Text Message Monitoring of Pain, Opioid Use After Surgery Suggests Patients Over Prescribed Neurology Advisor
Partisan Politics and the Opioid Epidemic: A Social Media Analysis

Additional coverage: PsyPost

 Penn LDI
Vaccinating 3,000 People in 3 Saturdays: An Approach to Covid-19 Vaccination Equity for Black Neighborhoods Penn Medicine News Blog
Philly clinic gives out more than 1,000 vaccine doses, bridging ‘digital divide’ with low-tech sign-up process, neighborhood locations

Additional coverage: KYW Newsradio, Yahoo! News, 6ABC, MarketWatch

 The Philadelphia Inquirer
Machine Learning Tracks Evolution of COVID-19 Misinformation HealthITAnalytics
Staff Dedication Key To Patient Satisfaction with Substance Use Treatment Facilities, Penn Study Shows Penn Medicine News Blog
‘Shot shopping’: Limited vaccine access spurs some Americans to improvise The Washington Post
Text Message Program Shows 60 Percent of Opioid Tablets Unused After Common Procedures Penn Medicine News Blog
Machine Learning Shows Social Media Greatly Affects COVID-19 Beliefs HealthITAnalytics
Clearing the Hurdles: How Penn Medicine is Getting COVID-19 Vaccines to Patients and Into the Communities Where it’s Needed Most Penn Medicine News Blog
Engaging faith communities to reduce vaccination disparities Penn Today
Black church leaders, health systems organize mass vaccination site in West Philadelphia

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High Patient Uptake for Text Message System Monitoring Opioid Use in Real-Time Penn Medicine News Blog
Mercy Philadelphia and Penn Medicine Partner with West Philadelphia Faith Community to Provide COVID-19 Vaccines Penn Medicine News Blog
Raina Merchant featured on list of 1,000 Inspiring Black Scientists in America Penn Medicine News Blog
How health systems can build a culture of anti-racism Penn Today
Highlights of the Citizen CPR Foundation's Virtual Summit EMS World
Twelve Research Teams Get Penn LDI 2021 Pilot Grant Awards Penn LDI
Pandemic Mental Health: Entering the 'Fourth Wave'? MedPage Today
Preventive health: 4 ways social media could be a game-changer American Medical Association
LDI Fellows McHugh, Merchant and Carr Named to National Academy of Medicine Penn LDI
Five Penn faculty elected to the National Academy of Medicine Penn Today
Updated CPR Guidelines Address Physical and Emotional Recovery

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 Journal of Emergency Medical Services
New initiative from Penn researchers aims to advance anti-racist healthcare models The Daily Pennsylvanian
See how the Penn Medicine CDH uses Twitter data to understand the COVID-19 health crisis Twitter Developer
Hospital ratings often depend more on nice rooms than on health care The Washington Post
JAMIA Explores Self-Reported Covid-19 Symptoms On Twitter As Research Resource Forbes
SAEM Award Winners SAEM
Social Media’s ‘Infodemic’ WHYY
University Of Pennsylvania Researchers Map COVID-19 Hotspots Through Tweets Forbes
In the coronavirus crisis, Newsom uses social media to raise awareness of the pandemic — and his profile Los Angeles Times
Reddit Reveals Peaks of Public Interest in COVID-19 Topics Penn Medicine News Blog
PENN Medicine Explores Reddit For Peak Of Public COVID-19 Interest

Additional coverage: PatientEngagementHIT

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Can Yelp Reviews Identify Better Skilled Nursing Facilities? Penn LDI
America Amplified: Life, Community, and COVID-19: Examining the future of health care WABE
Pregnant women need doctors, but want to avoid coronavirus. Penn is using robots to keep them home more. The Philadelphia Inquirer
Podcast: COVID-19 and Twitter Philly Data Jawn
Penn researchers analyze Twitter to track changing perceptions of coronavirus The Philadelphia Inquirer
Language in tweets offers insight into community-level well-being Penn Today
Finding Signs of Health Woes in Facebook Postings WebMD
How can you responsibly enjoy nature during coronavirus? Philadelphia Inquirer
Hey, millennials and Gen Z, this isn’t spring break. It’s a pandemic. Philadelphia Inquirer
Facebook Users Change Their Language Before an Emergency Hospital Visit Penn Medicine News
Our phones can now detect health problems from Parkinson’s to depression. Is that a good thing? Vox
AHA News: Can Social Media Be Good for Your Health? U.S. News & World Report
Penn Medicine Uses Social Media-Style Memes and GIFs to Encourage Staff Recognition Penn Medicine
Penn Medicine's social media-style staff recognition tool builds respect, gratitude Becker's Health IT & CIO Report
Penn researchers turn to Yelp reviews to learn how patients with addiction rate their treatment The Philadelphia Inquirer
What Your Facebook Posts Say About Your Mental Health

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Anger, Anxiety, Insomnia: Tweets from Twitter Users Could Predict Loneliness Penn Medicine
Online Reviews Reveal Need for Specialized Drug Treatment Facility Assessments Penn Medicine
Extending the Impact of Innovation, Everywhere Penn Medicine Magazine
#OldBoysClub: How Academic Twitter May Perpetuate Gender Disparities in Health Services Research Penn LDI
When it comes to innovation at Penn Medicine, 'just about everything is in bounds,' according to Chief Innovation Officer Roy Rosin Becker's Health IT & CIO Report
Emoji Buttons Gauge Emergency Department Sentiments in Real Time Penn Medicine
Emojis let hospitals gauge patient, provider satisfaction

Additional coverage: PatientEngagementHIT, Cosmos Magazine, Becker's Health IT & CIO Report, HIT Consultant, Advisory Board, Patient Engagement HIT, Reuters Health

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Reaching Millennial Women ‘Where They’re At’ – on Instagram Penn Medicine
Machine Learning Detects Cross-Cultural Similarities and Differences in Emoji Usage Penn Engineering
Facebook Posts Better at Predicting Diabetes, Mental Health Than Demographic Info Penn Medicine
What you write on Facebook could be used to diagnose conditions from depression to drug abuse and STIs

Additional coverage: MobiHealthNews, MarketWatch, Newsweek, CNET, VICE, Constitution, Quartz, Lifehacker, Diabetes.co.uk, AskMen, Becker's Health IT & CIO Review, Tech Times, CEO Magazine, Inverse, Daily Mail, The Independent, Telegraph (UK), iNews, New York Post, ZME Science, health24

 Newsweek
In Tech-Heavy World of Innovation, Communication Still Key Penn Medicine
7 hospital applications for machine learning Becker's Health IT & CIO Report
Raina Merchant Named National Academy of Medicine Emerging Leader Penn Medicine
What do parents of children with cancer search for online? CHOP News
Twitter Image Colors and Content Could Help Identify Users With Depression, Anxiety Penn Medicine
Twitter Users With Depression And Anxiety Tend To Post Grayscale And Low-Aesthetic Images

Additional coverage: Mobihealthnews, KYW Newsradio, Philadelphia Inquirer

 Tech Times
Four Innovation Teams Re-Imagine Parts of Penn Medicine Penn LDI
Penn Medicine shortens hospital stays for mothers and their newborn babies Philly Voice
Patient satisfaction doubles when docs address bad reviews Healthcare Dive
Starting Here and Now: Four Solutions to Puzzling Challenges in Health Care Penn Medicine News Blog
Gimme A High Five! Penn Medicine
The Single Word Most Associated with Negative Hospital Reviews on Yelp May Point to Poor Communication Penn Medicine
‘I told you I was ill’ – the importance of patient communication

Additional coverage: Becker's Hospital Review, Healthcare Finance News, The Daily Pennsylvanian, Penn Today, Healthcare Dive

 Spectator Health
Health-Related Google Searches Doubled in the Week Before Patients’ Emergency Department Visits Penn Medicine
Health-related Google searches spike weeks before visiting ER

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 Becker's Hospital Review
Physician Responsibility to Combat "Fake News" in Medicine

Additional coverage: Penn LDI, PhillyVoice, NBC News THINK

 Medical Bag
Social media has broken politics. Is science next? The Philadelphia Inquirer
Yelp Reviews Reveal Strengths and Weaknesses of Emergency Departments and Urgent Care Clinics Penn Medicine
Do emergency rooms or urgent care have better service? Yelp reviewers decide

Additional coverage: Becker’s Clinical Leadership & Infection Control, PatientEngagementHIT, FierceHealthcare, The Daily Pennsylvanian, HealthLeadersMedia

 MarketWatch
Breaking Through The Medical Fake News Bubble Penn Medicine
Depression often goes undiagnosed. Researchers are turning to Facebook to change that.

Additional coverage: Penn Today, Medical News Today, Inquisitr, Medibulletin, Human Resources, Daily Mail, The Independent, The Daily Pennsylvanian

The Philadelphia Inquirer
Can Yelp help you find a hospital — a good one? The Philadelphia Inquirer
Announcing The Fourth Class Of The Health Innovators Fellowship Aspen Global Leadership Network
Penn Medicine Emergency Medicine Physician and Digital Health Care Innovator Raina Merchant, MD, Named Aspen Institute Health Innovator Fellow Penn Medicine
Yelp Reviews and Opioids Penn LDI
Forum Spotlight: Digital Health ISGP's The Forum
Raina Merchant Appointed to JAMA Editorial Board Penn Medicine
Can Social Media Help Improve ADHD Treatments? U.S. News & World Report
What Can Twitter Reveal About People With ADHD? Penn Researchers Provide Answers PennNews
Cardiac arrest help from bystanders less common in black neighborhoods Reuters
Penn Research Posters at 2017 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting Penn LDI
Precision Medicine and Digital Media: Exploring Applications for Clinical Care Penn Medicine
Penn Medicine sets sights on Yelp, Twitter data to drive better patient care Becker's Heath IT and CIO Review
Tweeting the Way to Health: Penn Medicine Launches Center for Digital Health Penn Medicine
Why you'll soon be tracking your reproductive health with an app Mashable
Young adults find health insurance enrollment on HealthCare.gov challenging Penn Medicine
Back to the Future: a History of ACOG in Social Media's Golden Age ReachMD
ER doctor’s solution to make clinical pathways part of physician workflow grabs spotlight MedCity News
Using Twitter to Tackle Cardiovascular Disease Penn Medicine News Blog
What Facebook, Twitter posts reveal about your health CBC News
What your tweets say about you The New Yorker
Twitter Chatter Predicts Health Insurance Marketplace Enrollment, Penn Study Shows Penn Medicine
Angry Tweets Predict Patterns Of Heart Disease, Researchers Say WBUR Boston's NPR News Station
Could 30th Street Station’s New Art Installation Save Lives? Be Well Philly
Your Tweets Can Tell You If You're Going To Have A Heart Attack Fast Company
Language on Twitter Tracks Rates of Coronary Heart Disease Association for Psychological Science
Twitter Can Predict Rates of Coronary Heart Disease, According to Penn Research Penn News
According to new Penn research, negative tweets could be killing you Technical.ly Philly
Hospitals embrace social media, but have yet to realize its full benefits Fierce Healthcare
Return of the Rhythm Method The Atlantic
Social Media, Health Care and The 2013 Government Shutdown Penn LDI
Meet a Health Hero: Dr. Raina Merchant Philadelphia Magazine
Penn Doctor Named Semifinalist in Philadelphia Magazine’s Health Hero Challenge Penn Medicine News Blog
David Asch and Raina Merchant, Philadelphia Inquirer, Ice Bucket Challenge Penn LDI
New Penn Study Outlines How to Improve Healthcare.gov Penn LDI
Reform Update: HealthCare.gov needs to improve usability, experts agree Modern Healthcare
Study of young Philadelphians' experience on health insurance site may guide improvements NewsWorks
HealthCare.gov site stumps 'highly educated' millennials. Here's why The Los Angeles Times
Social Media 101 for Academic Researchers Penn LDI
How to find your nearest lifesaver TEDMED
Can a Public Art Contest Increase the Use of AEDs? A Philadelphia Research Project Penn LDI
Penn Medicine Public Art Initiative Aims to Draw Attention to AEDs Penn News
Make A Crayon Sketch For Penn Med And Win $1000 Under the Button
Figuring out the #patientperspective: the puzzle and promise of social media Penn LDI
TEDMED Great Challenges: The Potential of New Crowdsourcing Research Platforms TEDMED
Penn Med sponsors contest to increase awareness of AEDs The Daily Pennsylvanian
Penn Medicine Public Art Initiative Aims to Draw Attention to AEDs EMS World
How would you make AEDs more visible? 6 ABC Action News
Doctors turn to designers to curb cardiac arrest deaths NewsWorks
Penn Social Media Lab challenge: How good design can save lives Technical.ly Philly
The art of medicine: Penn contest wants defibrillators to be more visible, accessible in Philly public spots MedCity News
University of Pennsylvania initiates heart-starting art contest American Heart Association Blog
Penn challenges artists to make defibrillators more noticeable Philadelphia Business Journal
Design and Medicine Unite to Save Lives Penn Medicine
Philadelphia cardiologist takes heart disease research to the hair salon NewsWorks
New study looks at Twitter's portrayal of prescription drugs The Daily Pennsylvanian
Study: status update language used to predict Facebook users' age, gender, personality WIRED
My HeartMap Seattle Challenge enlists the public to locate city’s life-saving devices UW Health Sciences/UW Medicine
Twitter Can Tell Whether Your Community Is Happy or Not The Atlantic CityLab
Raina Merchant Named to Head New Social Media Lab Penn LDI
Promise of 'human computing power' via crowdsourcing to speed medical research Science Daily
The Device That Saves Lives, But Can Be Hard to Find The Wall Street Journal
Lifesaving Devices Missing Near the Scene of Three Quarters of Cardiac Arrests, Penn Study Reveals Penn Medicine
Exclusive: Man Who Suffered Near Fatal Heart Attack Reunited With His ‘Angels’ CBS Philly
Health: MyHeartMap Challenge Saves Lives With Cell Phones CBS Philly
Med school scavenger hunt hopes to spread awareness about cardiac arrest The Daily Pennsylvanian
Penn Med contest pairs defibrillators, phones Philadelphia Tribune
Your Mission: Find Philly’s Heart Defibrillators Philadelphia Magazine
Crowdsourcing good Samaritans The Economist
This App Could Save Your Life WIRED
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