Penn Medical Communication Research Institute

Penn Medical Communication Research Institute

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PMCRI oversees research to track the spread of medical information, understand its context, and improve health literacy.

The mission of the Penn Medical Communication Research Institute is to advance medical communication by facilitating research into how medical information is communicated via publications, press releases, and the media. The Institute researches approaches and strategies to deliver medical information in an effective, trustworthy way, which is particularly needed for vulnerable populations who have

10/13/2025

Added sugars represent a huge risk to rising chronic disease among children.

03/01/2024

What communication strategies are out there that clinicians and health communicators can use to deliver accurate information, dispel myths, and mitigate the harmful effects of misinformation? Medicine can leverage strategies from fields such as the social sciences, public health, and marketing. Read PMCRI's recent paper published in JAMA by Executive Director Anne Cappola, MD, ScM and Director of Research & Operations Karthika Swamy Cohen, MS, MA
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2812877?

12/20/2023

What communication strategies are out there that clinicians and health communicators can use to deliver accurate information, dispel myths, and mitigate the harmful effects of misinformation? Medicine can leverage strategies from fields such as the social sciences, public health, and marketing. Read PMCRI's recent paper published in JAMA by Dr. Anne Cappola and Karthika Swamy Cohen https://buff.ly/3tf5izd

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11/19/2023

A new paper from University of Pennsylvania's CHIBE urges thinking outside traditional care models & health delivery systems to improve overall health. Proactive disease prevention requires health systems to help patients identify & work toward health goals – a job well suited to health coaches, who would work similarly to coaches in the sporting world. https://buff.ly/3R0UbD9

Coaching for Better Health: Lessons from Elite Sport | NEJM Catalyst In this article, the authors consider the question of whether a new mindset and approach should be introduced to clinical encounters and the composition of clinical care delivery teams to include t...

60 health system CEO influencers | 2023 11/17/2023

Penn Medicine UPHS CEO Kevin B. Mahoney was among 60 health system CEOs honored by Becker’s Hospital Review for considerable influence in shaping the future of healthcare.

60 health system CEO influencers | 2023 Becker's Healthcare spotlights health system executives who influence the community and have a national profile in advocating for access to care.

‘We’re absolutely making it too hard’: The complexity of adult immunization delivery hinders vaccine uptake 11/15/2023

The complexity of vaccine regimens may be one factor contributing to reduced vaccine uptake among adults. Knowing what to get, when to get it, and how to get insurance coverage for it is increasingly and unnecessarily complex in the US. https://buff.ly/3QgsNj7

‘We’re absolutely making it too hard’: The complexity of adult immunization delivery hinders vaccine uptake The process of keeping track of which vaccines are recommended — and avoiding paying for them out of pocket — has grown increasingly convoluted.

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The Penn Institute on Aging's Sylvan M. Cohen Annual Retreat on "ADDRESSING AGING: Medical Communication and Misinformation in Aging-related Research and Care" is co-sponsored by the Penn Medical Communication Research Institute. Register or submit a poster!

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Philadelphia, PA
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