Research Grants Awarded for Value-Based Care, Primary Care for Older Adults

“Two new grant awards will support ‘rapid-turnaround, high-impact research with measurable effects on value-based primary care and other alternative delivery models for older adults,’ according to the University of Pennsylvania’s Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, which recently announced the funding under a collaboration with Humana’s health services brand, CenterWell. […]

LDI awarded a second research grant to principal Gary Weissman, MD, MSHP, and co-principal investigator Matthew Press, MD, MSc, both of Perelman School of Medicine. The colleagues’ proposal introduces a two-part Phase 1 evaluation to determine whether artificial intelligence-generated e-consult recommendations could support primary care decision-making safely for older adults.”

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