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April 2022 Month in Review

Month in Review newsletter |

Each month, we round up news stories and publications about work happening across CHCI. Read the latest issue and subscribe to have the Month in Review sent directly to your inbox.

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Default order boosts hepatitis C screening rates

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By making hepatitis C screening a default order for eligible inpatients, researchers found that test completion increased by 32 percentage points.

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Outcomes unchanged when pulse oximetry added to COVID-19 monitoring

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Patients in COVID Watch, which uses automated text messages to monitor COVID-19 symptoms, had the same outcomes whether or not they used a pulse oximeter.

"Month in Review" overlaid on a whiteboard flow diagram

March 2022 Month in Review

Month in Review newsletter |

Each month, we round up news stories and publications about work happening across CHCI. Read the latest issue and subscribe to have the Month in Review sent directly to your inbox.

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Colorectal cancer screening efforts receive national recognition

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The National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable recently honored Penn Medicine's work to increase colorectal cancer screening rates among Black patients in the region.