Patients treated at for-profit hospitals experienced higher mortality and readmission rates, while nurses working in those hospitals reported less safe staffing and substantially worse working conditions, according to a new study led by researchers at Penn Nursing’s Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research (CHOPR) and the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics.

New research from George Mason University explores how advances in simulation and artificial intelligence are reshaping case-based learning in health care education, allowing students to practice difficult leadership decisions in realistic scenarios before real-world consequences are at stake. The review concludes that while technology can enhance training, meaningful learning still depends on thoughtful instruction, discussion, and reflection

For 50 years, the Nurses’ Health Studies have used longitudinal data to investigate how diet, lifestyle, medications, environmental exposures and other factors influence the development and progression of chronic disease in women. Evolving research methods have led to impactful discoveries across a wide range of diseases and health outcomes.