CHTI Blog

Penn Medicine is harnessing technology, innovation, and physician insights to make health care easier for clinicians and patients. Read about leaders and projects from across the Center for Health Care Transformation and Innovation who are solving health care problems. 

In this profile from CBS News, CHTI executive director Raina Merchant is featured for her work as an emergency medicine physician and for designing for the future of care as the health system's chief transformation officer.

The CHTI Impact Report showcases our work, in collaboration with teams across Penn Medicine, to reimagine care delivery to significantly improve the lives of our patients, workforce, and community. Inside its pages you can explore our progress in four critical areas – emerging care models, burden reduction and workflow efficiency, preventive care, and community well-being – and get acquainted with CHTI's approach, programming, and the six specialty teams that make up our Center.

The Together Care program, which uses automated text messaging to monitor gynecologic cancer patients after an operation, was linked lower rates of hospital readmissions and emergency visits. In this case study, the Together Care team describes the evolution of the program, pilot results, and considerations for other teams interested in implementing a similar program. 

As part of the Nudge Unit's ongoing efforts to reduce gunshot injury, the team is partnering with Penn Trauma's Sunny Jackson to give away safes and gun locks to the Philadelphia community. During a November event at Penn Medicine's Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine, the team handed out more than 80 gun safety devices. The program, which initially launched with a grant from Accelerate Health Equity, has expanded with funding from the state Department of Health.