Penn Medicine Funds Health Innovations
The Penn Medicine Center for Health Care Innovation, Philadelphia, will fund three new initiatives in the second round of its Innovation Grant Program.
The Penn Medicine Center for Health Care Innovation, Philadelphia, will fund three new initiatives in the second round of its Innovation Grant Program. The program encourages Penn employees and students to submit their ideas for advancing health and healthcare delivery. Fifty-six different ideas were submitted for review this spring. Each winner will receive design support and between $5,000 and $75,000 in funding to further develop and test their idea.
The winning projects include:
Cloud-based platform for ICU EEG monitoring and visualizing results
A team led by Brian Litt, M.D., a professor in neurology and bioengineering, will build an automated, cloud-based platform for Intensive Care Unit (ICU) electroencephalogram (EEG) interpretation. Continuous long-term EEG monitoring currently presents two major problems: it must be interpreted manually by physicians, delaying the delivery of results to the caregivers, and those caregivers rely on written reports from these studies, thus inhibiting the ability to view trends over time or forecast when a patient’s condition may deteriorate. The project aims to build an automated, cloud-based system for interpreting long-term ICU EEG data to speed response to changes in patients’ conditions and improve patient outcomes.
Telemedicine to improve access to genetic services
Angela R. Bradbury, M.D., an assistant professor of hematology-oncology in the Abramson Cancer Center, will use telemedicine to increase access to genetic testing and counseling services. As genomic applications in oncology expand, the demand for genetic expertise will increase and gaps in delivery will worsen. Through an NIH study, Bradbury and her team showed telemedicine can be an effective way to expand genetic services to populations with limited or no access to care. The new project seeks to transition the team’s research-supported telemedicine program to a sustainable clinical model.
Technology to improve prenatal services
Spearheaded by Ian Bennett, M.D., an associate professor of family medicine and community health, this initiative uses text messages to engage and educate patients, enabling early interventions to reduce poor pregnancy outcomes. The project will create an application to deliver information regarding signs and symptoms of adverse pregnancy conditions to at-risk women via text message. Fundamental to this project is the belief that an informed and engaged patient will increase the effectiveness of monitoring for pregnancy disorders
The winning projects include:
Cloud-based platform for ICU EEG monitoring and visualizing results
A team led by Brian Litt, M.D., a professor in neurology and bioengineering, will build an automated, cloud-based platform for Intensive Care Unit (ICU) electroencephalogram (EEG) interpretation. Continuous long-term EEG monitoring currently presents two major problems: it must be interpreted manually by physicians, delaying the delivery of results to the caregivers, and those caregivers rely on written reports from these studies, thus inhibiting the ability to view trends over time or forecast when a patient’s condition may deteriorate. The project aims to build an automated, cloud-based system for interpreting long-term ICU EEG data to speed response to changes in patients’ conditions and improve patient outcomes.
Telemedicine to improve access to genetic services
Angela R. Bradbury, M.D., an assistant professor of hematology-oncology in the Abramson Cancer Center, will use telemedicine to increase access to genetic testing and counseling services. As genomic applications in oncology expand, the demand for genetic expertise will increase and gaps in delivery will worsen. Through an NIH study, Bradbury and her team showed telemedicine can be an effective way to expand genetic services to populations with limited or no access to care. The new project seeks to transition the team’s research-supported telemedicine program to a sustainable clinical model.
Technology to improve prenatal services
Spearheaded by Ian Bennett, M.D., an associate professor of family medicine and community health, this initiative uses text messages to engage and educate patients, enabling early interventions to reduce poor pregnancy outcomes. The project will create an application to deliver information regarding signs and symptoms of adverse pregnancy conditions to at-risk women via text message. Fundamental to this project is the belief that an informed and engaged patient will increase the effectiveness of monitoring for pregnancy disorders
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