Public benefits can help individuals meet health-related social needs. In partnership with Penn Medicine and Benefits Data Trust, Accelerate Health Equity recently completed a study to determine if emergency rooms are an effective place to intercept patients who may be eligible for financial assistance.

 

Temple University Hospital (TUH) treats the largest number of firearm-injured people in Pennsylvania. When we think about the medical treatment of firearm-injured patients, we must consider a holistic approach to treatment that takes trauma into account — for both the patients and their families.