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How can we best treat health woes that are rooted in social and historical issues? The Center for Health Justice (CHJ) at CHTI is working to address racial inequities through efforts rooted in research that include greening neighborhoods, supplying financial support, and empowering community members. CHJ’s work is featured across several articles in Penn Medicine magazine’s fall/winter issue.

The Penn Medicine Nudge Unit’s annual symposium gathered health care practitioners, researchers, and leaders to share practices, build skills, and explore new trends in behavioral nudges for better patient and clinician outcomes.

In an opinion piece, Anish Agarwal and colleagues urge emergency departments to uncover and address inequitable practices. The authors suggest measures to mitigate biases associated with queue jumping, behavioral flags, triage, and referrals and recommend partnering with patients and communities to improve emergency care.