Meeting the complex health care needs of individuals living with chronic illnesses such as heart failure, diabetes and depression in a person-centered, safe, and efficient manner will be a, if not the, dominant healthcare challenge in the next few decades. Our research agenda focuses on the growing population of chronically ill adults with a specialization on frail, elderly adults and their family caregivers. Members’ implementation of various research methods is now creating a body of knowledge that will directly benefit this vulnerable population.
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The Missouri Foundation for Health is co-funding the replication and rigorous examination of the outcomes of the Transitional Care Model at the VA St. Louis Health Care System that is part of the national MIRROR-TCM study. Earlier this year, Arnold Ventures awarded a $6 million grant in support of the study at four large health systems, including the Veterans Health Administration.
Tarik S. Khan, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, was elected President of the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association (PSNA). Khan is a 4th year doctoral student, family nurse practitioner of the Family Practice and Counseling Network. PSNA represents more than 230,000 registered nurses in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Previously, Khan served as Vice President of PSNA.
As a rapid influx of patients overwhelmed health systems during the coronavirus pandemic, palliative nurses played dual roles supporting patients, patient families, and colleagues. Two researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing (Penn Nursing) are among those detailing the important role palliative care has in responding during the COVID-19 pandemic and in future public health crises.
As of May 2020, nursing home residents account for a staggering one-third of the more than 80,000 deaths due to COVID-19 in the U.S. This pandemic has resulted in unprecedented threats—like reduced access to resources needed to contain and eliminate the spread of the virus—to achieving and sustaining care quality even in the best nursing homes. Active engagement of nursing home leaders in developing solutions responsive to the unprecedented threats to quality standards of care delivery is required.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Eleanor Rivera, selected as a 2020-2021 LEAP (Leadership and Education Advancement Program) Fellow. LEAP is a mentoring and leadership development program for early career social and behavioral scientists from underrepresented racial and ethnic populations conducting research related to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) mission. The American Psychological Association program uses distance learning technologies to prepare fellows to submit a high-quality NIH or foundation grant applications to support their research and leadership development, and also to develop a network of established researchers who hold leadership positions in various academic settings.