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| (i) Name of supported organization | (ii) EIN | (iii) Type of organization (described on lines 1- 10 above (see instructions)) | (iv) Is the organization listed in your governing document? | (v) Amount of monetary support (see instructions) | (vi) Amount of other support (see instructions) | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grant.") .. | ||||||
| 2 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf.... | ||||||
| 3 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. | ||||||
| 4 | Total. Add lines 1 through 3 | ||||||
| 5 | The portion of total contributions by each person (other than a governmental unit or publicly supported organization) included on line 1 that exceeds 2% of the amount shown on line 11, column (f) .. | ||||||
| 6 | Public support. Subtract line 5 from line 4. | ||||||
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| 7 | Amounts from line 4.. | ||||||
| 8 | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources... | ||||||
| 9 | Net income from unrelated business activities, whether or not the business is regularly carried on.. | ||||||
| 10 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.).. | ||||||
| 11 | Total support. Add lines 7 through 10 | ||||||
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(a) 2017 | (b) 2018 | (c) 2019 | (d) 2020 | (e) 2021 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") . | ||||||
| 2 | Gross receipts from admissions, merchandise sold or services performed, or facilities furnished in any activity that is related to the organization's tax-exempt purpose | ||||||
| 3 | Gross receipts from activities that are not an unrelated trade or business under section 513 ..... | ||||||
| 4 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf... | ||||||
| 5 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge | ||||||
| 6 | Total. Add lines 1 through 5 | ||||||
| 7a | Amounts included on lines 1, 2, and 3 received from disqualified persons | ||||||
| b | Amounts included on lines 2 and 3 received from other than disqualified persons that exceed the greater of $5,000 or 1% of the amount on line 13 for the year. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 7a and 7b.. | ||||||
| 8 | Public support. (Subtract line 7c from line 6.) | ||||||
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(a) 2017 | (b) 2018 | (c) 2019 | (d) 2020 | (e) 2021 | (f) Total | |
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| 9 | Amounts from line 6... | ||||||
| 10a | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources.. | ||||||
| b | Unrelated business taxable income (less section 511 taxes) from businesses acquired after June 30, 1975. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 10a and 10b. | ||||||
| 11 | Net income from unrelated business activities not included on line 10b, whether or not the business is regularly carried on. | ||||||
| 12 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.) .. | ||||||
| 13 | Total support. (Add lines 9, 10c, 11, and 12.).. | ||||||
| Section A - Adjusted Net Income | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Net short-term capital gain | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Other gross income (see instructions) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Add lines 1 through 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Depreciation and depletion | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Portion of operating expenses paid or incurred for production or collection of gross income or for management, conservation, or maintenance of property held for production of income (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Other expenses (see instructions) | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Adjusted Net Income (subtract lines 5, 6 and 7 from line 4) | 8 | ||||
| Section B - Minimum Asset Amount | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Aggregate fair market value of all non-exempt-use assets (see instructions for short tax year or assets held for part of year): | 1 | ||||
| a | Average monthly value of securities | 1a | ||||
| b | Average monthly cash balances | 1b | ||||
| c | Fair market value of other non-exempt-use assets | 1c | ||||
| d | Total (add lines 1a, 1b, and 1c) | 1d | ||||
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Discount claimed for blockage or other factors (explain in detail in Part VI): |
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| 2 | Acquisition indebtedness applicable to non-exempt use assets | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Subtract line 2 from line 1d | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Cash deemed held for exempt use. Enter 0.015 of line 3 (for greater amount, see instructions). | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Net value of non-exempt-use assets (subtract line 4 from line 3) | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Multiply line 5 by 0.035 | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Minimum Asset Amount (add line 7 to line 6) | 8 | ||||
| Section C - Distributable Amount | Current Year | |||||
| 1 | Adjusted net income for prior year (from Section A, line 8, Column A) | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Enter 85% of line 1 | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Minimum asset amount for prior year (from Section B, line 8, Column A) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Enter greater of line 2 or line 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Income tax imposed in prior year | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Distributable Amount. Subtract line 5 from line 4, unless subject to emergency temporary reduction (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| Section D - Distributions | Current Year | |
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| 1 Amounts paid to supported organizations to accomplish exempt purposes | 1 | |
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Amounts paid to perform activity that directly furthers exempt purposes of supported organizations, in excess of income from activity |
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| 3 Administrative expenses paid to accomplish exempt purposes of supported organizations | 3 | |
| 4 Amounts paid to acquire exempt-use assets | 4 | |
| 5 Qualified set-aside amounts (prior IRS approval required - provide details in Part VI) | 5 | |
| 6 Other distributions (describe in Part VI). See instructions | 6 | |
| 7Total annual distributions. Add lines 1 through 6. | 7 | |
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Distributions to attentive supported organizations to which the organization is responsive (provide details in Part VI). See instructions |
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| 9 Distributable amount for 2021 from Section C, line 6 | 9 | |
| 10 Line 8 amount divided by Line 9 amount | 10 | |
| Section E - Distribution Allocations (see instructions) |
(i) Excess Distributions |
(ii) Underdistributions Pre-2021 |
(iii) Distributable Amount for 2021 |
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| 1 Distributable amount for 2021 from Section C, line 6 | ||||
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Underdistributions, if any, for years prior to 2021 (reasonable cause required-- explain in Part VI). See instructions. |
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| 3 Excess distributions carryover, if any, to 2021: | ||||
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| b From 2017....... | ||||
| c From 2018....... | ||||
| d From 2019....... | ||||
| e From 2020....... | ||||
| fTotal of lines 3a through e | ||||
| g Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| h Applied to 2021 distributable amount | ||||
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| j Remainder. Subtract lines 3g, 3h, and 3i from line 3f. | ||||
| 4Distributions for 2021 from Section D, line 7: | ||||
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| a Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| b Applied to 2021 distributable amount | ||||
| c Remainder. Subtract lines 4a and 4b from line 4. | ||||
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Remaining underdistributions for years prior to 2021, if any. Subtract lines 3g and 4a from line 2. If the amount is greater than zero, explain in Part VI. See instructions. |
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Remaining underdistributions for 2021. Subtract lines 3h and 4b from line 1. If the amount is greater than zero, explain in Part VI. See instructions. |
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7 Excess distributions carryover to 2022. Add lines 3j and 4c. |
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| 8 Breakdown of line 7: | ||||
| a Excess from 2017..... | ||||
| b Excess from 2018..... | ||||
| c Excess from 2019..... | ||||
| d Excess from 2020..... | ||||
| e Excess from 2021..... | ||||
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| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A | DETAIL OF PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER (PPMC OR PENN PRESBYTERIAN) IS A 399-BED ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER, WHICH IS PART OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA HEALTH SYSTEM (UPHS). PPMC'S SPECIALTIES INCLUDE ANESTHESIA, DERMATOLOGY, EMERGENCY MEDICINE, MEDICAL IMAGING, MEDICINE, NEUROLOGY, GYNECOLOGY, OPHTHALMOLOGY, SURGERY, ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY AND CARDIOLOGY. IN KEEPING WITH ITS CHARITABLE PURPOSE, UPHS ACCEPTS PATIENTS IN SERIOUS NEED OF MEDICAL CARE REGARDLESS OF THEIR FINANCIAL STATUS. UPHS MAINTAINS RECORDS TO IDENTIFY AND MONITOR LEVELS OF CHARITY CARE PROVIDED, INCLUDING THE AMOUNT OF PAYMENT FORGONE, BASED ON ESTABLISHED RATES, FOR SERVICES AND SUPPLIES FURNISHED UNDER ITS CHARITY CARE POLICY. UPHS ALSO PROVIDES CARE TO PATIENTS WHO DO NOT HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE OR MEET THE CRITERIA TO QUALIFY FOR ITS CHARITY CARE POLICY, AND CERTAIN AMOUNTS CHARGED FOR SUCH SERVICES ARE DEEMED TO BE UNCOLLECTIBLE. IN FY2022, UPHS PROVIDED $389 MILLION IN CHARITY AND UNDERFUNDED CARE FOR MEDICAID FAMILIES. ADDITIONALLY, FOR THE SAME FISCAL YEAR, PENN PRESBYTERIAN ADMITTED 17,727 ADULT PATIENTS AND HAD 299,491 OUTPATIENT VISITS. I. HEALTH CARE SERVICES > LEVEL 1 TRAUMA CENTER: EACH YEAR, PENN'S TRAUMA CENTER TREATS TRAUMATICALLY INJURED AND CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS WITH A 97 PERCENT SURVIVAL RATE. WE OFFER THE MOST ADVANCED SPECIALTY CARE IN THE REGION, RESULTING IN EXCEPTIONAL PATIENT OUTCOMES THAT RANK WELL ABOVE NATIONAL AVERAGES. ACCREDITED BY THE PENNSYLVANIA TRAUMA SYSTEMS FOUNDATION, OUR LEVEL 1 DESIGNATION PROVIDES MANY BENEFITS: - 24/7 IN-HOUSE COVERAGE BY TOP TRAUMA, EMERGENCY SURGERY AND SURGICAL CRITICAL CARE SURGEONS. - READILY AVAILABLE, IN-HOUSE CARE FROM EXPERTS ACROSS 29 MEDICAL AND SURGICAL SPECIALTIES. - RAPID EMERGENCY RESPONSE FROM PENN STAR, ONE OF THE LARGEST AND SAFEST HOSPITAL-BASED AIR AND GROUND TRANSPORTATION MEDICAL PROGRAMS IN THE NATION. PATIENTS RECEIVE IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO PENN'S TRAUMA CENTER WITH AN ESTIMATED TIME OF 30 SECONDS FROM AMBULANCE ENTRANCE TO TRAUMA BAY, AND AN ESTIMATED 20 SECONDS FROM THE HELIPAD TO THE TRAUMA BAY IF PATIENTS ARE FLOWN TO PENN. - STATE-OF-THE-ART TRAUMA UNIT FEATURING A 5-BAY RESUSCITATION AREA WITH IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO CRITICAL CARE TREATMENT ROOMS EQUIPPED WITH THE LATEST MEDICAL IMAGING AND DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING CT, MRI, X-RAY AND ULTRASOUND. - THE CAPACITY TO CARE FOR AN EXTREMELY HIGH VOLUME OF PATIENTS, IN OUR 178,000 SQUARE-FOOT, ACUTE CARE BUILDING, THE PAVILION FOR ADVANCED CARE. - TREATMENT AT A PRESTIGIOUS ACADEMIC MEDICAL INSTITUTION THAT ALSO SERVES AS AN EDUCATION RESOURCE FOR OTHER TRAUMA CENTERS. - PROVIDING THE LATEST INNOVATIONS IN TRAUMA CARE THROUGH OUR EXCEPTIONALLY STRONG RESEARCH PROGRAM WITH GRANT FUNDING FROM NIH AS WELL AS OTHER TOP SOURCES. > EMERGENCY SERVICES: PPMC'S EMERGENCY FACILITY IS EQUIPPED AND STAFFED TO PROVIDE EXCELLENT MEDICAL CARE 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. IT IS A TRIAGE AND TREATMENT AREA FOR EACH AND EVERY PATIENT, AND TREATS MAJOR AND MINOR MEDICAL EMERGENCIES. THE DEPARTMENT ALSO SERVES AS AN ENTRANCE POINT INTO THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM FOR THOSE WHO NEED CONTINUED MEDICAL CARE AND NURSING INTERVENTION AND AS A REFERRING AGENCY TO OTHER DISCIPLINES WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA HEALTH SYSTEM. INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT CARE WILL BE PROVIDED IN A MANNER THAT DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST PATIENTS ON THE BASIS OF RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN, ANCESTRY, RELIGIOUS CREED, SEX, AGE, MARITAL STATUS, SEXUAL PREFERENCE OR GENDER IDENTITY, OR PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY. FOR FY22, PENN PRESBYTERIAN'S EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT TREATED 50,059 PATIENTS. > CARDIAC SERVICES: PPMC OFFERS A COMPREHENSIVE RANGE OF CARDIAC SERVICES INCLUDING TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT (TAVR), VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE (VAD) SURGERY, COMPLEX ANGIOPLASTY AND STENT REPLACEMENT FOR CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE, INNOVATIVE HEART BYPASS TECHNIQUES, LATEST THERAPIES FOR ABNORMAL HEART RHYTHMS, MINIMALLY INVASIVE CARDIAC SURGERY, PROGRAM FOR CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, HEART VALVE REPAIR, AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS FOR RISK REDUCTION AND REHABILITATION. > ORTHOPEDIC SERVICES: THE ORTHOPEDIC INSTITUTE IS A CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE LATEST SURGICAL AND NONSURGICAL METHODS FOR TREATING BONE DISABILITIES, SPORTS INJURIES AND OTHER TRAUMAS. THE ORTHOPEDIC INSTITUTE'S ORTHOPEDIC SURGEONS, RHEUMATOLOGISTS AND REHABILITATION SPECIALISTS PROVIDE EXCELLENT CARE IN TREATING BONE AND JOINT PROBLEMS OF THE FOOT AND THE HAND. > GERIATRICS AND ACUTE CARE: THE GERIATRICS PROGRAM AT PPMC INCLUDES A 36-BED SPECIALTY UNIT WHICH PROVIDES CONTINUITY OF CARE FOR OLDER ADULTS WHO REQUIRE HOSPITAL CARE. A SPECIALLY TRAINED MULTI-DISCIPLINARY STAFF, WHICH INCLUDES PHYSICIANS, NURSES, NUTRITIONIST, AND A WOUND CARE SPECIALIST, PROVIDE CUTTING-EDGE GERIATRIC CARE AND CREATE A COMFORTABLE SETTING DEDICATED TO MEETING THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF ELDERLY PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. ADDITIONALLY, THE STAFF OF THE ACUTE CARE UNIT (ACE) VOLUNTEER AT LOCAL SENIOR HOMES AND REHABILITATION CENTERS WHERE THEY ENCOURAGE SENIORS TO STAY ACTIVE AND HEALTHY. > BEHAVIORAL HEALTH: THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROGRAM PROVIDES INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT SERVICES FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION TREATMENTS AS WELL AS MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS FOR OLDER ADULTS. > COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL SPECIALISTS AT PPMC PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE CARE USING THE LATEST DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES IN AREAS SUCH AS DERMATOLOGY, NEUROLOGY, ENDOCRINOLOGY, FAMILY MEDICINE, GASTROENTEROLOGY, HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY, INFECTIOUS DISEASE, INTERNAL MEDICINE, NEPHROLOGY, GYNECOLOGY, PSYCHIATRY, PULMONARY, ALLERGY REHABILITATION MEDICINE, AND RHEUMATOLOGY. > COMPREHENSIVE SURGICAL CARE PPMC IS KNOWN FOR ITS CARDIOTHORACIC AND ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY PROGRAMS. IT ALSO HAS OUTSTANDING PROGRAMS IN MINIMALLY INVASIVE AND LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY. NATIONALLY KNOWN SURGEONS PERFORM MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY FOR DISEASES OF THE ADRENALS, APPENDIX, ESOPHAGUS, GALLBLADDER, PANCREAS, AND STOMACH, AND LAPAROSCOPIC ANTI-REFLUX SURGERY. IN ADDITION, PPMC PROVIDES THORACIC SURGERY FOR THE PATIENTS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER, DISEASES OF THE LUNG & THORAX. > OPHTHALMOLOGY SERVICES: THE SCHEIE EYE INSTITUTE AT PENN PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER SERVES AS THE OPHTHALMOLOGY CENTER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA HEALTH SYSTEM. IT PROVIDES THE LATEST METHODS OF TREATMENT AND DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES IN THE COMPREHENSIVE CARE OF THE EYE AND VISION. TREATMENT PROGRAMS RANGE FROM ROUTINE EYE EXAMINATIONS TO THE MOST ADVANCED OCULAR SURGERY, AND INCLUDE CONTACTS LENS SERVICE, CORNEA, EXTERNAL DISEASES, AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY, SUVEITIS, EYE MOVEMENT DISORDERS, NEURO-OPHOLMOLOGY, RETINA DISORDERS, GENERAL OPHTHALMOLOGY, GLAUCOMA SERVICES, LOW VISION REHABILITATION, MACULAR DEGENERATION, OCULAR GENETICS, OCULOFACIAL & ORBITAL SURGERY, AND PEDIATRIC OPHTHALMOLOGY. DIAGNOSTIC AND TESTING SERVICES OFFERED AT THE SCHEIE EYE INSTITUTE. AS PART OF ITS COMMUNITY SERVICE RESPONSIBILITIES, THE SCHEIE EYE INSTITUTE PUBLISHES INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET ON VISION-RELATED SUBJECTS SUCH AS CATARACTS, DIABETIC RETINAL DISEASE, GLAUCOMA, LASIK SURGERY, AND LOW VISION. THE WEB-SITE IS AIMED AT CREATING A GENERAL AWARENESS OF THE COMMON CAUSES OF VISION IMPAIRMENT, THE TREATMENT OPTIONS AVAILABLE, AND THE NEED AND THE METHODS TO ARREST OR SLOW DOWN VISION IMPAIRMENT. > SAUNDERS PARK: RECOGNIZING GREEN SPACE AS INTEGRAL TO A HEALTHY COMMUNITY, PRESBYTERIAN MAINTAINS NEARBY SAUNDERS PARK AND COORDINATES VARIOUS EVENTS BENEFITTING THE NEIGHBORHOOD AT THE PARK. > PATIENT AND GUEST SERVICES WORK TO ENSURE EVERY PATIENT RECEIVES THE BEST POSSIBLE CARE AND TREATMENT. REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PATIENT AND GUEST RELATIONS DEPARTMENT SERVE AS A SOURCE OF INFORMATION AND RESOURCES TO HELP PATIENTS, FAMILIES, AND VISITORS. FOR FY21, THE FOLLOWING WAS PROVIDED BY PATIENT AND GUEST RELATIONS: PATIENT CONCERN/COMPLAINT RESOLUTION: 1,051 - MEAL VOUCHERS: 0 - PARKING VOUCHERS: $2,062 - NOTARY SERVICE: 0 > THE MCCAHAN CHAPEL: LOCATED WITHIN PRESBYTERIAN, THE CHAPEL IS OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK FOR PRAYER AND MEDITATION. ADDITIONALLY, CHAPLAINS MAKE DAILY VISITS TO THE PATIENT UNITS AND ARE AVAILABLE TO TALK WITH PATIENT AND FAMILIES 24 HOURS A DAY. FOR FY22, CHAPLAINS MADE 8,332 VISITS. II. COMMUNITY OUTREACH, AND SOCIAL AND PASTORAL SERVICES > PENN TRAUMA IS COMMITTED TO THE COMMUNITY IMMEDIATELY SURROUNDING PENN PRESBYTERIAN. REPRESENTATIVES FROM PENN TRAUMA SEEK TO DECREASE TRAUMA THROUGH COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND INTERVENTION. THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES WERE LOGGED FOR FY22: TRAUMA PARTICIPATED IN BIWEEKLY MEETINGS COORDINATED BY ANTIVIOLENCE PARTNERSHIP OF PHILADELPHIA. THIS IS A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM OF PROVIDERS WHO CARE FOR THOSE INJURED BY GUN VIOLENCE, STRATEGIZING ON WAYS TO ADVOCATE FOR CHANGE ON THE CITY LEVEL TO ADDRESS THE GUN VIOLENCE CRISIS. |
| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A (CONTINUED) | TRAUMA PARTICIPATED IN THE PHILADELPHIA HVIP COALITION, A MONTHLY COLLABORATIVE MEETING WITH PHILADELPHIA DEPT. OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND LEADERSHIP FROM ALL PHILADELPHIA TRAUMA CENTERS AND OTHERS LEADING HOSPITAL BASED VIOLENCE RECOVERY PROGRAMS TO COORDINATE EFFORTS, SHARE IDEAS, AND STRATEGIZE ON VIOLENCE RECOVERY AS A MEANS TO DECREASE GUN VIOLENCE IN THE CITY. TRAUMA SUPPORTS MOUNT VERNON MANOR CDC, AND THEIR EFFORTS THROUGH RESOURCES, MENTORSHIP, AND SUPPORT LETTERS FOR GRANT FUNDING TO DEVELOP A CREDIBLE MESSENGER TEAM, BASED ON THE CEASEFIRE MODEL. TRAUMA SUPPORTS THE RED CROSS AND THE UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES TO BRING FAST (FIRST AID FOR SEVERE TRAUMA) TRAINING TO SCHOOLS IN PHILADELPHIA. BIKE HELMETS ARE PROVIDED TO PATIENTS WHO WERE INJURED DUE TO BICYCLE CRASHES WHO EITHER DID NOT OWN A HELMET, OR WHOSE HELMET WAS DAMAGED IN THE CRASH. REFLECTORS, WATER BOTTLES, AND BIKE SAFETY INFORMATION WERE ALSO PROVIDED. THESE HELMETS ARE A RESULT OF TRAUMA STAFF APPLYING FOR GRANT FUNDING AND WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ORGANIZATIONS. JULY 2021: 6 PERELMAN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE (PSOM) MED STUDENTS AND THEIR PHYSICIAN MENTOR WERE TRAINED IN STOP THE BLEED (DIDACTIC AND SKILLS) TO GO ON TO TEACH AS ASSOCIATE INSTRUCTORS IN OUR STOP THE BLEED (STB) COURSE FOR HIGH SCHOOL SUMMER CAMP STUDENTS AS PART OF A PSOM PARTNERSHIP. THEY WERE ENCOURAGED TO GO ON THE STB WEBSITE TO CREATE AN ASSOCIATE INSTRUCTOR ACCOUNT. JULY 2021: 3 RESIDENTS AND MEDICAL STUDENTS WERE TRAINED IN STB ONSITE. JULY 2021: THE NETTER CENTER PROVIDED EACH STUDENT WITH A C.A.T. TOURNIQUET AHEAD OF TRAINING. A FULL VIRTUAL STB CLASS WAS CONDUCTED FOR 58 PHILADELPHIA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ENROLLED IN NETTER CENTER PROGRAMING. TEENS WERE ABLE TO PRACTICE AND DEMONSTRATE PROPER TOURNIQUET USE VIA ZOOM, AND WOUND PACKING, BY TIGHTLY PACKING A DISHTOWEL OR TSHIRT INTO THE CORE OF A ROLL OF TOILET PAPER. WE UTILIZED LOW (5:1 OR LESS) STUDENT TO INSTRUCTOR RATIOS AND BREAK OUT SESSIONS FOR THE HANDS ON SKILLS AND HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL SESSION. AUGUST 2021: MERT IS UPENN'S MEDICAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM, COMPRISED OF 17 UPENN STUDENTS WHO ARE ALSO CERTIFIED EMTS. MERT RESPONDS TO EMERGENCIES ON CAMPUS, AS WELL AS, OUTREACH IN THE STUDENT BODY. AFTER THIS TRAINING, THE GROUP WAS GIVEN THEIR OWN STB TRAINING KIT, TO HOST THEIR OWN TRAINING EVENTS. OCTOBER 2021: A TRAINING WAS CONDUCTED FOR THE TRAUMA CORE GROUP AT PPMC, AS WELL AS DREXEL NURSING STUDENTS, A TOTAL OF 15 PEOPLE. THE INTENTION IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT IS FOR THE TRAUMA CORE TO CONTINUE TRAINING THE REST OF THE ED TEAM. OCTOBER 2021: DR. CHIDINMA NWAKANMA (EMERGENCY MEDICINE, MD) PARTICIPATED IN DROP THE MIC YOUTH CONFERENCE HELD AT COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF PHILADELPHIA ON AN EXPERT PANEL THAT PRESENTED AND LISTENED TO YOUNG MEN IN PHILADELPHIA AGED 10-18 AND PRESENTED ON TOPICS IN THE AREAS OF MENTAL HEALTH, CONFLICT RESOLUTION, AND GOAL (CAREER) SETTING. THIS EVENT PROVIDED INFORMATION TO THE YOUTH AS WELL AS A FORUM TO SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS ON ENDING VIOLENCE IN OUR CITY WHILE OFFERING INFORMATION AND RESOURCES. OCTOBER 2021: UPENN FACILITIES AND REAL ESTATE SERVICES (FRES) HOLDS YEARLY CPR CLASSES ON THE PENN CAMPUS FOR ALL UNION ELECTRICIANS WORKING ON PENN CAMPUSES. THIS YEAR, THEY ADDED STB TO THE TRAINING AND PLAN TO MAKE IT AN ONGOING EVENT UNTIL EVERY ELECTRICIAN HAS COMPLETED THE COURSE. 71 UNION ELECTRICIANS WERE TRAINED IN CPR. OCTOBER 2021: MERT PARTICIPATED IN EVENT AT PENN DENTAL, ENTITLED "HEAL YOURSELF", WHERE PATIENTS AND DENTAL STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN HANDS-ON LEARNING OF WOUND PACKING AND C.A.T. TOURNIQUET APPLICATION. IN THE DENTAL SCHOOL, THERE ARE AEDS LOCATED ON EVERY FLOOR, EVEN ON NON-PATIENT FLOORS. WITH EVERY AED, THERE IS A STOP THE BLEED KIT. NOVEMBER 2021: ANNUAL STB TRAINING DAY WAS HOSTED FOR PENN TRAUMA. 18 VARIOUS TEAM MEMBERS, NEW FELLOWS, AND OTHER PROVIDERS WERE TRAINED. NOVEMBER 2021: 81 WIDENER UNIVERSITY NURSING STUDENTS WERE TRAINED (AT WIDENER) TO BECOME STB ASSOCIATE INSTRUCTORS. NOVEMBER 2021: ELINORE KAUFMAN, MD (PENN TRAUMA SURGEON) SPOKE AT ANTI-GUN VIOLENCE MARCH AND RALLY HOSTED BY WEST/SOUTHWEST COLLABORATIVE. IT WAS ALSO SUPPORTED AND ATTENDED BY SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE PENN TRAUMA TEAM, PENN NURSING, PERELMAN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, AND PENN INJURY SCIENCE CENTER. NOVEMBER 2021: IN HONOR OF NATIONAL INJURY PREVENTION DAY, A PRESENTATION TABLE SET UP IN PENN PRESBYTERIAN CAFETERIA, PROVIDED INFORMATION ON MULTIPLE INJURY PREVENTION TOPICS INCLUDING FALLS, SPACE HEATER SAFETY, AND SAFE GUN HANDLING. SEVERAL GUN LOCKS WERE DISTRIBUTED WITH GUN SAFETY MATERIAL. DECEMBER 2021: EMPLOYEES OF THE TRAUMA SURGERY INTENSIVE CARE UNIT DEDICATED THEIR UNIT CHRISTMAS TREE TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT YEAH PHILLY, AN ORGANIZATION IN WEST PHILADELPHIA WORKING WITH YOUNG ADULTS AGES 15 TO 24 WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED GUN VIOLENCE OR ARE IDENTIFIED TO BE AT RISK FOR GUN VIOLENCE, FOCUSING ON HOLISTIC PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION. PRESENTS WERE PURCHASED FOR THE YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS. JANUARY 2022: PARTICIPATED IN LANCASTER AVE CORRIDOR MLK DAY HEALTH FAIR WITH TABLE-TOP STOP THE BLEED SESSIONS (SKILLS ONLY), AND DISTRIBUTED GUN LOCKS WITH SAFE GUN HANDLING INFORMATION. (20 COMMUNITY MEMBERS) FEBRUARY 2022: STB TRAINING FOR 7 STAFF OF PENN TRAUMA AND 7 AGNEW SURGICAL SOCIETY MED STUDENTS. STB KITS PROVIDED. MARCH 2022: STB TRAINING HOSTED FOR 2 STAFF OF PENN TRAUMA AND 15 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WITHIN THE ADNEW SOCIETY PIPELINE PROGRAM. STB KITS PROVIDED. APRIL 2022: STB TRAINING HOSTED FOR 13 PSOM MEDICAL STUDENTS, 3 STAFF OF PENN TRAUMA, 15 MEMBERS OF ANTI-VIOLENCE PARTNERSHIP OF PHILADELPHIA, 6 STAFF OF WEST PHILADELPHIA YMCA, 12 FIRST RESPONDERS OF DELAWARE COUNTY AT MERCY FITZGERALD, AND 20 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ST. JOSEPH'S PREP MED CLUB. STB KITS PROVIDED. APRIL 2022: PARTICIPATED IN WEST PHILA. YMCA HEALTH & SAFETY FAIR WITH TABLE-TOP STOP THE BLEED SESSIONS (SKILLS ONLY), AND DISTRIBUTED GUN LOCKS WITH SAFE GUN HANDLING INFORMATION. MAY 2022: PARTICIPATED IN JARELL CHRISTOPHER SEAY FOUNDATION AT SHEPARD REC CENTER HEALTH & SAFETY FAIR WITH FALL PREVENTION, CONCUSSION/SPORTS SAFETY INFO, TABLE-TOP STOP THE BLEED SESSIONS (SKILLS ONLY), AND DISTRIBUTED GUN LOCKS WITH SAFE GUN HANDLING INFORMATION. MAY 2022: MEMBERS OF THE PENN TRAUMA TEAM ATTENDED RALLY TO END GUNVIOLENCE HOSTED BY CEASEFIRE PA. MAY 2022: STB TRAINING HOSTED FOR 13 STAFF OF PENN TRAUMA. STB KITS PROVIDED. JUNE 2022: STB TRAINING HOSTED FOR 10 STAFF OF PENN TRAUMA. STB KITS PROVIDED. > PRESBYTERIAN OUTREACH COUNCIL: COMPRISED OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM EVERY HOSPITAL UNIT, THE COUNCIL STRATEGIZES OUTREACH IN THE IMMEDIATE SERVICE AREA AIMING FOR THE BEST AND HEALTHIEST OUTCOMES. THE COUNCIL PARTICIPATED IN THE FOLLOWING EVENTS AND PROJECTS IN FY22: SEPTEMBER 2021: EMPLOYEES FROM WRIGHT SAUNDERS 5 HOSTED A SHOE DRIVE TO BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY. PACU EMPLOYEES HOSTED A SCHOOL SUPPLIES DRIVE NOVEMBER 2021: COMMUNITY OUTREACH COUNCIL HOSTED A THANKSGIVING FOOD DRIVE FOR THE YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS AT COVENANT HOUSE. EMPLOYEES FROM ENDOSCOPY HOSTED THANKSGIVING FOOD DRIVE WITH DONATIONS THAT WENT TO THE UNFORGOTTEN HAVEN IN BLACKWOOD NJ. COMMUNITY OUTREACH COUNCIL OFFERED FLU SHOTS TO VETERANS LIVING AT THE VETERAN'S GROUP. |
| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A (CONTINUED) | DECEMBER 2021: EMPLOYEES FROM 3 EAST COLLECTED TOYS FOR HOPEPHL'S HOLIDAY GIFT DRIVE BENEFITTING LOCAL, LOW-INCOME FAMILIES. EMPLOYEES FROM THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT ADOPTED ONE PEDIATRIC PATIENT AFFECTED BY GUN VIOLENCE AND BOUGHT THEM PRESENTS FOR CHRISTMAS. ENDO HEALTH & WELLNESS GROUP ADOPTED TWO FAMILIES FROM THE HALL MERCER COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER AT PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL. EMPLOYEES FROM HVICU DONATED TO AN EMPLOYEE WHO LOST HER BELONGINGS IN A HOUSE FIRE. HVICU ADOPTED A FAMILY OF 3 AND 2 ADDITIONAL KIDS, AND BOUGHT THEM PRESENTS FOR CHRISTMAS. STAFF FROM MICU PROVIDED A MEAL TO THE PEOPLE LIVING AT RUDOLPHY HOME FOR THE BLIND. UNIT CLERK COUNCIL & OPHTHALMOLOGY DEPARTMENT HOSTED A TOY DRIVE TO BENEFIT THE FAMILIES OF HOPEPHL. THE EMPLOYEES OF 3 SOUTH HOSTED DONATION DRIVES FOR SAVED ME ANIMAL RESCUE (DOGGIE STYLE PETS), PSPCA, ACCT AND HOMEWARD BOUND NJ ANIMAL SHELTER. ADDITIONALLY, MONEY WAS DONATED TO THE PHILLY BULLY TEAM, PSPCA AND JERSEY PITS RESCUE. JANUARY 2022: THE EMPLOYEES OF WRIGHT SAUNDERS 4 AND 5 HOSTED A TOILETRY DRIVE. HYGIENE PACKETS WERE THEN CREATED AND GIVEN TO DISCHARGED PATIENTS IN NEED. HOSTED A HEALTH PRESENTATION TABLE AT THE LANCASTER AVE BUSINESS CORRIDOR MLK DAY HEALTH FAIR. BLOOD PRESSURES WERE TAKEN AND INFORMATION PERTAINING TO HYPERTENSION, SICKLE CELL, AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES WAS OFFERED. FEBRUARY 2022: OUTREACH COUNCIL PREPARED AND HOSTED A VIRTUAL YOUTH CAREER DAY SHOWCASING HEALTHCARE CAREERS FOR THE YOUTH OF COVENANT HOUSE. MARCH 2022: WITH NEWS OF UKRAINE BEING INVADED, COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION COMMITTEES HOSTED A COLLECTION FOR THE UKRAINE CULTURAL AND EDUCATION CENTER. A CLOTHING DRIVE WAS HOSTED BENEFITTING THE PEOPLE OF PLEASANT GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH. A CLOTHING DRIVE WAS HOSTED BENEFITTING CHILD FIRST SERVICES. APRIL 2022: EMPLOYEES SUPPORTED THE BREAST CANCER WALK. MAY 2022: EMPLOYEES OF 3 SOUTH HOSTED A FOOD DRIVE TO STOCK THE PANTRY AT GIFT OF LIFE. JUNE 2022: EMPLOYEES OF 5 EAST SUPPORTED THE MARCH OF DIMES. ADDITIONALLY, STROKE EDUCATION WAS OFFERED BY KARRIMA OWENS, PRESBYTERIAN'S STROKE OUTREACH COORDINATOR, FOR THE FOLLOWING EVENT: DECEMBER 17, 2021: 25 SENIORS WERE GIVEN STROKE EDUCATION AT PENNSYLVANIA STATE REPRESENTATIVE JOANNA MCCLINTON'S VIRTUAL HOLIDAY HEALTH FAIR. MAY 20, 2022: 20 EMS PERSONNEL WERE GIVEN STROKE EDUCATION IN-HOUSE. PENN MEDICINE CARES GRANT: IN COLLABORATION WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA HEALTH SYSTEM, PRESBYTERIAN AWARDS PENN MEDICINE CARES GRANTS TO COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS ON BEHALF OF EMPLOYEES WHO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME AND EFFORT AT THE INITIATIVES. BY FUNDING THESE PROGRAMS, PENN MEDICINE HELPED SUPPLY HEALTH SERVICES, FOOD, MEDICINE, CLOTHING, AND PLACES TO LIVE FOR THOUSANDS OF UNDERSERVED IN THE REGION EVERY YEAR. SINCE THE FIRST ROUND OF RECIPIENTS WAS ANNOUNCED IN JANUARY 2012 AND TO THE END OF FY22, PENN MEDICINE HAS SUPPORTED 880 SERVICE PROJECTS WITH OVER $880,000 IN FUNDING. FOLLOWING PLEASE FIND PRESBYTERIAN EMPLOYEES WHO RECEIVED THE CARES GRANT FOR THE 2022 FISCAL YEAR: NEW CHRISTY REC CENTER, JAMAR EATON: AS A CHILD, JAMAR EATON - WHO GREW UP IN THE COMMUNITY NEAR PENN PRESBYTERIAN - WOULD GO THE CHRISTY REC CENTER AT 56TH AND CHRISTIAN STREETS AFTER SCHOOL TO HAVE SOMETHING TO DO AND TO PLAY BASKETBALL WITH HIS FRIENDS. BUT EATON SHARED THE CENTER HAD LIMITED, OUTDATED EQUIPMENT AND OTHER SHORTAGES. HIS CARES GRANT WILL HELP PROVIDE SOME BASIC NECESSITIES FOR THE CENTER, WHICH VARY BASED ON THE TIME OF YEAR. HE ALSO BELIEVES THAT THE GRANT WILL FURTHER PENN MEDICINE'S SERVICE IN THE COMMUNITY BY GIVING YOUTH A SAFE PLACE TO GO IN A COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT HARMED BY VIOLENCE. METHACTON AUDUBON RECREATION ASSOCIATION, JOHN HADDLE: FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS, JOHN HADDLE, A CARDIOVASCULAR PERFUSIONIST, HAS VOLUNTEERED WITH METHACTON AUDUBON RECREATION ASSOCIATION (MARA) IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. MARA SERVES MORE THAN 1,000 CHILDREN AND YOUTHS IN SOFTBALL AND BASEBALL. HADDLE'S CARES GRANT SUPPORTS THE PURCHASE OF AN AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR (AED) FOR THE ASSOCIATION'S NEW COMPLEX, TO HAVE READY IN CASE A PLAYER SUFFERS AN ARRHYTHMIC CARDIAC EVENT. VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAM, RODNEY BABB: PATIENTS WHO HAVE BEEN INJURED BY VIOLENCE FACE MANY CHALLENGES ON THE WAY TO RECOVERY BUT WITH A NEW SET OF CHALLENGES. RODNEY BABB, A VIOLENCE INTERVENTION SPECIALIST WITH PENN'S TRAUMA CENTER, WILL USE HIS CARES GRANT TO SET UP A DISCRETIONARY FUND TO ASSIST SUCH PATIENTS WITH FOLLOW-UP MEDICAL CARE AND RECOVERY. THE FUNDING WILL GO TO HELP WITH ARRANGING CHILD CARE AND TRANSPORTATION, BUYING GROCERIES, PAYING FOR PRESCRIPTION COPAYS, AND OTHERS RESPONSIBILITIES. VICTIMS COMPENSATION ASSISTANCE, KERIANN HANLON: LAST YEAR, MORE THAN 500 PATIENTS WERE ADMITTED TO PENN PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER WITH INJURIES DUE TO VIOLENCE. RECOVERING FROM SUCH INJURIES IS COMPLICATED, AS VICTIMS DEAL WITH BOTH PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL INJURIES. IN HER WORK WITH TRAUMA ADMINISTRATION, KERIANN HANLON HAS SEEN A NEED TO PROVIDE TWO IPADS SO THAT PATIENTS CAN APPLY PROMPTLY TO PENNSYLVANIA'S VICTIMS COMPENSATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. PROVIDING IPADS AT THE TIME OF SERVICE AIMS TO AVOID BARRIERS TO THE SUPPORT THE PROGRAM OFFERS. KERIANN'S GRANT COVERS THE COST OF BUYING THE IPADS, TWO CASES, AND A CHARGING STATION. DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. TOILETRY DRIVE, KIMBERLY ELAM: AS A SERVICE PROJECT FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY, PENN PRESBYTERIAN HOSTED A TOILETRY DRIVE TO PROVIDE PATIENTS IN NEED WITH A BAG FULL OF TOILETRIES AT DISCHARGE. THESE CARE PACKAGES INCLUDED DAILY HYGIENE ITEMS TO PATIENTS WHO MAY NOT HAVE HAD THE FUNDS TO PURCHASE SUCH ITEMS, INCLUDING TOOTHPASTE, TOOTHBRUSHES, SOAP, DEODORANT, SHAMPOO, AND HAND SANITIZERS. KIMBERLEY'S GRANT WILL HELP PAY FOR PRODUCTS AND BAGS TO CARRY THEM IN. PRESBY'S EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT PHARMACY CARE FUND, LYNN MERTZ: LYNN'S GRANT GOES TOWARD FUNDING PENN PRESBYTERIAN'S EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT PHARMACY FUND, WHICH SUPPORTS A CRUCIAL PART OF ITS DAILY CARE AND ROUTINE. THE FUND PROVIDES LIFE-SAVING MEDICATIONS SUCH AS ANTIBIOTICS AND INSULIN FOR PATIENTS IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM WHO ARE UNINSURED OR UNDERINSURED AND CANNOT AFFORD THE MEDICATION. RECEIVING THE MEDICATION CAN PREVENT ADMISSIONS AND READMISSIONS AND HELPS BUY TIME FOR CASE WORKERS TRYING TO GET COVERAGE FOR THOSE PATIENTS. AFGHAN REFUGEE AID, PARWANA SHAH: PARWANA HAS BEEN VOLUNTEERING ON BEHALF OF IMAM ALI MASJID, A MOSQUE IN PENNSAUKEN TOWNSHIP, N.J., TO ASSIST THE REFUGEES FROM AFGHANISTAN WHO ARE NOW LIVING AT THE MCGUIRE-DIX- LAKEHURST AIR FORCE BASE IN BURLINGTON TOWNSHIP AND NEARBY. BECAUSE MANY FAMILIES ARRIVED WITH VERY LIMITED POSSESSIONS, SHE IS USING HER FUNDS TO PURCHASE SUCH BASIC NEEDS AS WINTER CLOTHING, HOUSEHOLD AND HYGIENE ITEMS, AND PRODUCTS FOR BABIES AND NEW MOTHERS. WITH THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE, SHE HOPES HER GRANT FROM PENN MEDICINE CARES WILL AID THE REFUGEES IN STARTING THEIR LIVES HERE IN THE U.S. MOVEMENT THERAPY, RACHEL URRUTIA: THE STAFF ON THE INPATIENT PSYCHIATRY UNIT AT PENN PRESBYTERIAN CONTINUOUSLY DEMONSTRATE THEIR COMMITMENT TOWARDS HELPING SUPPORT AN OFTEN-UNDERSERVED POPULATION. ONE RECENT INITIATIVE TO SUPPORT PATIENTS HAS BEEN DANCE MOVEMENT THERAPY. RACHEL'S FUNDING WILL HELP PURCHASE YOGA MATS AND BLOCKS, AS WELL AS A WIRELESS SPEAKER, SO THAT PATIENTS IN THE UNIT CAN NOW ALSO PRACTICE YOGA. TAKING PART IN YOGA CAN HELP GROUND AND DESTIMULATE THE PATIENTS WHO SUFFER FROM ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, AND ACUTE CRISIS. BACKPACKS FOR PATIENTS, LARRY DAVIS: LARRY DAVIS, RN, WHO WORKS WITH ADDICTION PATIENTS AT PENN PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER, WILL USE HIS FUNDING TO PROVIDE BACKPACKS FILLED WITH KNITTED HATS, GLOVES, AND SCARVES, TO BE GIVEN TO THE PATIENTS AT DISCHARGE DURING THE WINTER MONTHS. MANY PATIENTS DO NOT HAVE PERMANENT HOUSING AND FACE FINANCIAL CHALLENGES, SO THESE ITEMS WILL PROVIDE SOME NEEDED COMFORT. IMPROVING ICU HOSPITALIZATION FOR THE YOUNG ADULT TRAUMA PATIENT MICHELLE DECASTRO, PENN PRESBYTERIAN: MICHELLE DECASTRO, BSN, RN, A NURSE IN THE PENN PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER'S TRAUMA ICU, HAS SEEN THE DISTURBING CONSEQUENCES OF INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE INFLICTED WITH GUNS, KNIVES, AND OTHER OBJECTS. SHE NOTES THAT PENETRATING INJURIES HAVE RISEN OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. HER GRANT GOES TOWARD PURCHASING A GAMING SYSTEM AND A FEW GAMES, WHICH WOULD OFFER A DIVERSION FOR THE YOUNG RECOVERING PATIENTS. AS SHE SEES IT, A VIDEO GAME CAN BE A NONPHARMACOLOGICAL INTERVENTION AND AN ADDITION TO THE PATIENT'S PLAN OF CARE. |
| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A (CONTINUED) | GUN LOCKS, SUNNY JACKSON: IN PHILADELPHIA, 41 PERCENT OF PATIENTS WHO ARE TREATED FOR INJURY FROM VIOLENCE ARE RE-INJURED WITHIN FIVE YEARS. POSSESSION OF A GUN IN AN ASSAULT MAKES THE OWNER 4.5 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE INJURED BY GUNSHOT. GIVEN THESE STATISTICS, PENN TRAUMA HAS CREATED THE POSITION OF VIOLENCE INTERVENTION SPECIALIST WHO MEETS WITH PATIENTS WHO HAVE SUSTAINED A FIREARM INJURY. THE GOAL: TO PROVIDE SUPPORT, BRIEF INTERVENTIONS, AND CONNECT THEM WITH RESOURCES TO BREAK THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. SUNNY JACKSON, MSN, RN, THE INJURY PREVENTION COORDINATOR FOR PENN TRAUMA, WILL USE HER FUNDING TO BUY 200 GUN LOCKS, TO BE USED IN EDUCATING PATIENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. IV. COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT & IMPLEMENTATION PLAN: IN ADDITION, TO PROVIDING DIRECT PATIENT CHARITY CARE, IN FURTHERANCE OF ITS EXEMPT PURPOSE TO BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY, UPHS, IN COLLABORATION WITH OTHER REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEMS, COMPLETED ITS FOURTH COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT (CHNA) THIS PAST YEAR - THROUGH QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE RESEARCH, ALONG WITH FEEDBACK FROM COMMUNITY AND KEY STAKEHOLDERS - TO IDENTIFY THE MOST PRESSING HEALTH NEEDS IN OUR SERVICE AREA AND DETERMINE HOW BEST TO ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS. THE PHILADELPHIA HOSPITALS OF UPHS, PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL, PENN PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER, AND HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA INCLUDING THE HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA AT CEDAR CONDUCTED A JOINT CHNA DUE TO THE SIMILAR SERVICE AREAS. OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPLEMENTATION PLAN (CHIP) IS AN OUTGROWTH OF THE CHNA PROCESS AND PROVIDES INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROGRAMS AND INVESTMENTS PENN MEDICINE CURRENTLY MAKES TO ADDRESS HEALTH NEEDS IDENTIFIED IN THE CHNA AND ACTS AS A GUIDE FOR INVESTMENT IN FUTURE PROGRAMS. GOOD HEALTH IS DETERMINED BY MORE THAN THE CLINICAL CARE IN OUR HOSPITALS, AND SO THE PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES OUTLINED IN OUR CHIP FOCUS ON OUR WORK OUTSIDE OF OUR HEALTH SYSTEM WALLS AND IN THE ENVIRONMENTS WHERE WE LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY. PENN MEDICINE IS STRONGLY COMMITTED TO CREATING HEALTHIER, FAIRER, AND MORE JUST COMMUNITIES THROUGH BROAD, INSTITUTIONAL INITIATIVES INCLUDING THE FUND FOR HEALTH, PENN MEDICINE CARES GRANT, CENTER FOR HEALTH EQUITY AND ADVANCEMENT, AND ACCELERATE HEALTH EQUITY, AND THROUGH NUMEROUS, PROGRAMMATIC EFFORTS FOCUSED ON 12 HEALTH PRIORITY AREAS OF THE CHNA, AS OUTLINED IN OUR CHIP. BEGINNING IN SUMMER OF 2021, THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN PENN MEDICINE AND THE WHARTON SOCIAL IMPACT INITIATIVE, THE FUND FOR HEALTH PUSHED FOR MEASURABLE PROGRESS IN SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS THAT CAN HAVE LIFELONG EFFECTS, BY BEGINNING A $5 MILLION INVESTMENT THAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 2023. INVESTING AND SUPPORTING INNOVATIVE, FORWARD-THINKING VENTURES HAS GREAT POTENTIAL TO MAKE A MEANINGFUL IMPACT ON OUR CITY'S HEALTH WHILE HELPING TO BUILD SUSTAINABLE AND PROFITABLE COMPANIES FOR THE REGION THAT PROVIDE PATHS TO JOBS AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORE CITY RESIDENTS. A FLAGSHIP AMONG PENN MEDICINE'S COMMUNITY BENEFIT, THE PENN MEDICINE CARES GRANTS SUPPORT EMPLOYEE VOLUNTEERISM, PROMOTE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND IMPROVE HEALTH. SINCE 2012, MORE THAN $880,000 HAS FUNDED 880 SERVICE INITIATIVES. EACH GRANT PROVIDES MONETARY AND INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT TO ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS DEDICATED TO IMPROVING HEALTH AND ERADICATING SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH NOT ONLY IN PENN MEDICINE'S SERVICE AREA, BUT ALSO GLOBALLY. THE CENTER FOR HEALTH EQUITY AND ADVANCEMENT (CHEA) IS THE CORNERSTONE AT PENN MEDICINE FOR ADVANCING HIGH QUALITY PATIENT/FAMILY-CENTERED CARE FOR ALL, REGARDLESS OF THEIR PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS, SUPPORTING COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS TO TACKLE BARRIERS TO ACHIEVING OPTIMAL HEALTH FOR ALL COMMUNITIES WE SERVE, AND PROVIDING EQUITABLE HEALTHCARE WITHIN INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENTS THAT SUPPORT A DIVERSE WORKFORCE AND STUDENT BODY. IN ORDER TO BUILD SUPPORT FOR AND ALIGN MUTUALLY REINFORCING EQUITY INITIATIVES ACROSS THE ENTERPRISE, PENN MEDICINE INCORPORATES ITS CENTER FOR HEALTH EQUITY ADVANCEMENT BLUEPRINT FOR EQUITY AND INCLUSION WITHIN THE FOLLOWING INITIATIVE AREAS: CARE TRANSFORMATION, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WORKFORCE, RESEARCH AND EVALUATION, AND EDUCATION AND TRAINING. THE PENN MEDICINE CENTER FOR DIGITAL HEALTH AND THE PENN CENTER FOR HEALTH INCENTIVES AND BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS WORKED STRATEGICALLY WITH LOCAL HEALTH SYSTEMS, PAYORS, AND THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA TO LAUNCH THE ACCELERATE HEALTH EQUITY PROGRAM IN 2020. THIS BROAD INITIATIVE DEPLOYS TOOLS FROM BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS, DIGITAL HEALTH, INNOVATION SCIENCE, URBAN HEALTH, COMMUNICATIONS SCIENCE, AND PUBLIC HEALTH TO ADDRESS PHYSICAL, BEHAVIORAL, SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND CLINICAL BARRIERS TO SUSTAINABLE HEALTH EQUITY. PRIORITY AREA #1: MENTAL HEALTH PENN MEDICINE RECOGNIZES THAT HIGH-QUALITY MENTAL HEALTH CARE IS THE TOP HEALTH NEED IN PHILADELPHIA. MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS ARE SERIOUS AND WIDESPREAD AND HAVE WORSENED IN RECENT YEARS DUE TO THE ISOLATION AND STRESS OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. PENN MEDICINE IS COMMITTED TO CREATING MORE ACCESSIBLE, HIGH-QUALITY, INTEGRATED MENTAL HEALTH CARE, PARTICULARLY FOR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. PENN MEDICINE STRIVES TO INCREASE THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WORKFORCE CAPACITY AND DIVERSITY, EMPHASIZING A CULTURALLY FOCUSED APPROACH TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY UTILIZATION OF SERVICES. > HALL-MERCER COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER OF PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL IS DEDICATED TO ENRICHING THE LIVES OF PEOPLE AFFECTED BY MENTAL ILLNESS OR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, PROVIDING A RANGE OF SERVICES FOR YOUNG CHILDREN TO ADULTS. THE CENTER HAS PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN BROADENING ACCEPTANCE AND ADVANCING CARE FOR PEOPLE WITH PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS OR INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES. SPECIFICALLY, THE CENTER PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE OUTPATIENT SERVICES TO PHILADELPHIA RESIDENTS IN NEED. AS PART OF PHILADELPHIA'S BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SYSTEM, IT IS ONE OF 11 COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS IN THE CITY. > THE STEVEN A. COHEN MILITARY FAMILY CLINIC AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA DELIVERS CONFIDENTIAL MENTAL HEALTH CARE FOR VETERANS, SERVICE MEMBERS, AND THEIR FAMILIES AT NO COST. THE CLINIC USES TELEHEALTH TO BRING PENN MEDICINE'S WORLD-CLASS TREATMENT AND CARE TO VETERAN AND MILITARY COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE REGION. THE CLINIC SPECIALIZES IN PERSONALIZED, EVIDENCE-BASED MENTAL HEALTH CARE THAT IS PROVEN TO RESULT IN LONG-TERM OUTCOMES. THE CLINIC OFFERS EARLY MORNING AND EVENING HOURS, TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE, AND TELEHEALTH TO HELP VETERANS, SERVICE MEMBERS, AND MILITARY FAMILIES EASILY ACCESS THE CARE THEY DESERVE. > PRIMARY CARE SERVICE LINE INTEGRATED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH: IN 2018, THE PENN MEDICINE PRIMARY CARE SERVICE LINE PARTNERED WITH THE PERELMAN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE'S DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT AN INTEGRATED MODEL OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE CALLED THE COLLABORATIVE CARE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (CCBH) PROGRAM. CCBH PUTS LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKERS SPECIALLY TRAINED IN MENTAL HEALTH CARE INTO PRIMARY CARE OFFICES. FIVE SOCIAL WORKERS WORK IN EIGHT PENN MEDICINE PRIMARY CARE PRACTICES IN WEST PHILADELPHIA AND CENTER CITY AND ARE AVAILABLE TO MORE THAN 100,000 PATIENTS. THESE EXPERTS WORK WITH PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS AND A PSYCHIATRIST TO ASSESS AND TREAT PATIENTS AS NEEDED DURING OR SUBSEQUENT TO THEIR PRIMARY CARE APPOINTMENTS. SERVICES RANGE FROM SCREENING FOR DEPRESSION TO SUPPORTING THOSE WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH ADDICTION. > PENN MEDICINE INVESTS IN THE PENN CENTER FOR YOUTH AND FAMILY TRAUMA RESPONSE AND RECOVERY, WHICH PROVIDES A RANGE OF INTERVENTIONS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES TO ADDRESS THE PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SYSTEMS ASSOCIATED WITH TRAUMA. AS THE ONLY PROVIDER IN THE PHILADELPHIA AREA THAT OFFERS EFFECTIVE EARLY INTERVENTION FOR YOUTH, THE CENTER IS AN ESSENTIAL POINT OF ACCESS TO SPECIALIZED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY. > PENN PSYCHIATRY'S FELLOWSHIP IN COMMUNITY PSYCHIATRY: THIS IS A 1-YEAR NON-ACGME TRAINING PROGRAM RUN BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY. THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, PENN PSYCHIATRY CONTRACTS OUT THE SERVICES OF UP TO FOUR COMMUNITY FELLOWS TO PARTNERING COMMUNITY-BASED AGENCIES. COMMUNITY FELLOWS ARE BOARD-ELIGIBLE PSYCHIATRISTS THAT HAVE COMPLETED THEIR ADULT PSYCHIATRY TRAINING, AND THUS PROVIDE ATTENDING-LEVEL PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES TO THESE COMMUNITY AGENCIES DURING THEIR 1-YEAR TRAINING PROGRAM. > PUENTES DE SALUD WORKS TO ENSURE THE WELLNESS OF THE LATINO IMMIGRANT POPULATION IN SOUTH PHILADELPHIA BY OFFERING MEDICAL CARE, EDUCATION, AND SOCIAL SERVICES. MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AT PUENTES DE SALUD AIM TO PROVIDE THE COMMUNITY WITH EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACHES TO EMPOWERMENT AND SOCIAL ISSUES. |
| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A (CONTINUED) | > UNITY HEALTH CLINIC IS A FREE CLINIC PRIMARILY SERVING UNINSURED INDONESIAN IMMIGRANTS OF CHINESE DESCENT. MEDICAL STUDENT VOLUNTEERS ASSIST AND SHADOW PENN FACULTY AND RESIDENTS. EACH WEEK, UNITY HEALTH CLINIC SEEKS TO PROVIDE HIGH-QUALITY, CULTURALLY COMPETENT MEDICAL CARE TO UNINSURED AND UNDERINSURED ADULTS, INCLUDING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE. THE CLINIC OFFERS FREE PRIMARY AND PREVENTIVE CARE SERVICES, FREE OR REDUCED-COST MEDICATIONS, AND FREE INTERPRETER SERVICES. > PHILADELPHIA HUMAN RIGHTS CLINIC: THE PHILADELPHIA HUMAN RIGHTS CLINIC (PHRC) IS A STUDENT-RUN ORGANIZATION WITH A MISSION TO PROVIDE NO-COST PSYCHIATRIC AND PHYSICAL EVALUATIONS TO SURVIVORS OF PERSECUTION SEEKING ASYLUM IN THE UNITED STATES. THIS IS NOT A PENN ORGANIZATION; HOWEVER, PENN MEDICAL STUDENTS ARE PART OF THE LEADERSHIP TEAM; AND THE FOUNDER AND MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF THE CLINIC IS ON PENN PSYCHIATRY'S FACULTY. > PENN MEDICINE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS IMPACT: COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS (CHWS) ARE UNIQUELY POISED TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY MEMBERS' MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS AND SUPPORT CONNECTIONS WITH HEALTH CARE. THE PENN MEDICINE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS' EVIDENCE-BASED IMPACT MODEL CHWS ARE SKILLED IN SYSTEM NAVIGATION AND CONNECTING WITH PATIENTS WITH COMPLEX HEALTH AND SOCIAL NEEDS. > INTEGRATED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH IN PRIMARY CARE: THE PENN MEDICINE PRIMARY CARE SERVICE LINE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY'S COLLABORATIVE CARE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (CCBH) PROGRAM PUTS LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKERS (LCSWS) SPECIALLY TRAINED IN MENTAL HEALTH CARE INTO PRIMARY CARE OFFICES. LCSWS WORK IN PENN MEDICINE PRIMARY CARE PRACTICES TO ASSESS AND TREAT PATIENTS AS NEEDED DURING THEIR PRIMARY CARE APPOINTMENTS. SERVICES RANGE FROM SCREENING FOR DEPRESSION TO SUPPORTING THOSE WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH ADDICTION. PRIORITY AREA #2: ACCESS TO PRIMARY AND SPECIALTY CARE PENN MEDICINE STRIVES TO IMPROVE HEALTH CARE ACCESS ACROSS THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE. WE RECOGNIZE THE NEED TO PROVIDE LINKAGES BETWEEN MEDICAL SPECIALTIES AND THE COMMUNITY. OUR CARE IS DISTINGUISHED BY A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO TREATING THE ENTIRE FAMILY AND ADDRESSING THE CONTINUUM OF CARE. PENN MEDICINE RECOGNIZES THE STRONG RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRIMARY CARE ACCESS AND IMPROVED HEALTH OUTCOMES AND IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING A PRIMARY CARE MEDICAL HOME FOR PATIENTS THROUGHOUT PHILADELPHIA. THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC EXACERBATED PATIENT ACCESS, WITH LONGER WAIT TIMES AND GAPS IN BASIC SERVICES BECOMING MORE ACUTE. GIVEN THESE CHALLENGES, PENN MEDICINE IS CONTINUOUSLY EVALUATING AND CREATING NEW ACCESS POINTS FOR PRIMARY AND SPECIALTY CARE IN ORDER TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND ELIMINATE DISPARITIES IN ACCESS TO CARE. WE ENGAGE IN DIVERSE COMMUNITIES TO INFORM STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE ACCESS AND FACILITATE CARE CONNECTIONS. THESE STRATEGIES INCLUDE PARTNERSHIPS WITH FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS (FQHC) AND OTHER SAFETY NET PROVIDERS THAT PROVIDE A KEY STRATEGIC PATHWAY. > THROUGH PENN'S NEW HOSPITAL FACILITY, THE PAVILION, WHICH OPENED IN 2021, PENN MEDICINE IS INCREASING ACCESS TO SPECIALTY CARE FOR PATIENTS AND ENHANCING OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLABORATIVE CARE DELIVERY. WE HAVE TRANSFORMED HOW WE ORGANIZE AND DELIVER CARE, USING STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGY AND NEW WAYS OF THINKING TO ENSURE THE PATIENT EXPERIENCE IS AT THE VERY CENTER OF EVERYTHING WE DO. WITH INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY AT THE HEART OF ITS DESIGN, THE HOSPITAL IS EQUIPPED TO DELIVER BOTH THE TREATMENTS OF TODAY AND THE MEDICAL ADVANCES OF TOMORROW. THE 17-STORY BUILDING ON PENN MEDICINE'S WEST PHILADELPHIA CAMPUS, WHICH HOUSES 504 PRIVATE PATIENT ROOMS AND 47 OPERATING ROOMS, IS AN EXPANDED FOOTPRINT OF HUP. THE PAVILION HOUSES INPATIENT CARE FOR CARDIOLOGY AND CARDIAC SURGERY, MEDICAL AND SURGICAL ONCOLOGY, NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY, AND TRANSPLANT SURGERY, AND IT IS HOME TO HUP'S NEW EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. THE "REINVENTED" EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT WAS DESIGNED TO DECREASE WAIT TIMES, SPEED DIAGNOSIS, AND IMPROVE THE CARE EXPERIENCE. THIS NEW HOSPITAL INCREASES OUR CAPACITY TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY AND SPECIALTY SERVICES AND ENHANCING OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLABORATIVE CARE DELIVERY. CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY HELPS ADVANCE TELEMEDICINE FUNCTIONALITY, WHICH IN ALLOWS FOR MORE REMOTE MONITORING AND CONSULTATIONS BETWEEN PATIENTS-INCLUDING THOSE WHO FACE TRANSPORTATION OR SIMILAR BARRIERS-AND THEIR CARE TEAMS. > THE PENN MEDICINE PRIMARY CARE SERVICE LINE (PCSL) WAS CREATED TO ADVANCE PENN MEDICINE-WIDE COLLABORATION BETWEEN FAMILY AND INTERNAL MEDICINE CLINICAL SERVICES. > PHILADELPHIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH PARTNERSHIP: THE DIVISION OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE FACULTY AND RESIDENTS PROVIDE PRIMARY CARE AT TWO OF THE CITY'S AMBULATORY HEALTH CENTERS IN WEST PHILADELPHIA. THIS UNIQUE PARTNERSHIP INCREASES THE POOL OF PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS WHO ARE ABLE TO SERVE PHILADELPHIA RESIDENTS, REGARDLESS OF INSURANCE STATUS OR THEIR ABILITY TO PAY. > FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER (FQHC) PRENATAL CARE PARTNERSHIP: THE DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY MEDICINE AND COMMUNITY HEALTH FACULTY AND RESIDENTS PROVIDE PRENATAL CARE AT FOUR LOCAL WEST PHILLY FQHCS AND THESE PATIENTS DELIVER ON THE FAMILY MEDICINE SERVICE AT OUR UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL. THIS INNOVATIVE MODEL OF CARE EXPANDS ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY PRIMARY CARE, ENSURES CONTINUITY OF CARE, AND IMPROVES HEALTH OUTCOMES. PENN IS ABOUT TO ADD ANOTHER FQHC NETWORK TO THIS PARTNERSHIP MODEL. FACULTY FROM FAMILY MEDICINE AND COMMUNITY HEALTH WILL PROVIDE PRIMARY AND PRENATAL CARE AT SEVERAL SITES THAT ARE PART OF THE GREATER PHILADELPHIA HEALTH ACTION, (GPHA), FQHC SYSTEM. > PUENTES DE SALUD AIMS TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY AND INDIVIDUAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING NOT ONLY BY PROVIDING IMMEDIATE SERVICES, BUT ALSO BY RECOGNIZING AND CHALLENGING SOCIAL INEQUITIES AND INJUSTICES. PUENTES DE SALUD WORKS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS, LOCAL AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITIES, AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. PENN MEDICINE PHYSICIANS, STAFF, AND STUDENTS PARTNER WITH PUENTES DE SALUD TO PROVIDE CLINICAL SERVICES INCLUDING ADULT PRIMARY CARE AND WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES. ON A MONTHLY BASIS, PENN ALSO OFFERS SPECIALIZED CARE IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: CARDIOLOGY, DERMATOLOGY, NEUROLOGY, OPHTHALMOLOGY, PEDIATRICS, PHYSIOTHERAPY AND PODIATRY AT PUENTES. > STDS CLINIC AT HEALTH CENTER #1: ALONG WITH THE CITY'S DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, PENN DERMATOLOGY FACULTY AND RESIDENTS STAFF A FREE, BIWEEKLY STD CLINIC. THE CLINIC ACCEPTS WALK-INS AND PROVIDES TESTING AND TREATMENT SERVICES AT NO COST. > PERELMAN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE COMMUNITY CLINICS: PENN MEDICINE PHYSICIANS AND STAFF PROVIDE PRIMARY AND SPECIALTY CARE ACCESS IN A NETWORK OF COMMUNITY-BASED, STUDENT-LED CLINICS IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT PHILADELPHIA. THESE CLINICS PROVIDE SUPPORT TO COMMUNITIES THAT FACE SIGNIFICANT ACCESS BARRIERS TO CARE INCLUDING GEOGRAPHY, CITIZENSHIP STATUS, AND LANGUAGE. TWO CLINICS WITH PLANS TO EXPAND THEIR SERVICE FOOTPRINT ARE HIGHLIGHTED HERE, HOWEVER THE WEBSITE PROVIDES INFORMATION FOR ALL OF THE CLINICS THAT PROVIDE CRITICAL ACCESS POINTS. > THE CENTER FOR SURGICAL HEALTH (CSH) IS A MULTIDISCIPLINARY CENTER, HOUSED IN THE DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY. CSH PROVIDES A NEW ACCESS POINT INTO SUSTAINABLE, HIGH-VALUE SURGICAL CARE FOR PATIENTS WHO TYPICALLY RELY ON THE EMERGENCY ROOM FOR TREATMENT. THE CSH PROVIDED SURGICAL AND CARE NAVIGATION SERVICES TO OVER 200 PATIENTS IN 2021, MANY REFERRED THROUGH PUENTES DE SALUD AND THE UNIVERSITY CITY HOSPITALITY COALITION, AND WILL GROW THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS SERVED AS THE CSH EXPANDS. WITH PENN MEDICINE NOW MANAGING THE INPATIENT CLINICAL SERVICES AT THE NEWLY FORMED PHMC PUBLIC HEALTH CAMPUS ON CEDAR, PATIENTS FROM WEST AND SOUTHWEST PHILADELPHIA WILL HAVE AN ADDITIONAL ACCESS POINT AT HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (HUP) - CEDAR AVENUE TO RECEIVE CARE THROUGH CSH. > UNITED COMMUNITY CLINIC (UCC) IS A FREE HEALTH CLINIC COORDINATED WEEKLY BY UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA STUDENTS FROM THE SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE, DENTISTRY, NURSING, AND SOCIAL WORK. IT COLLABORATES WITH RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO ADDRESS THE MEDICAL AND SOCIAL HEALTH NEEDS, WITH THE GOAL OF BUILDING A STRONGER AND HEALTHIER COMMUNITY. |
| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A (CONTINUED) | SERVICES INCLUDE HEALTH PHYSICALS, ACUTE CARE, DENTAL CARE, EYE CARE, SOCIAL WORK RESOURCES, AND HEALTH INSURANCE ASSISTANCE. IN 2023 UCC WILL BE EXPANDING TO A SECOND CLINICAL SITE IN SOUTHWEST PHILADELPHIA SERVICING COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF THE AFRICAN AND CARIBBEAN DIASPORA. > ICNA RELIEF'S SOCIAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL SERVICE CLINIC (SHAMS CLINIC) IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT ENDEAVORS TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELL-BEING OF UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES IN PHILADELPHIA. IN 2022 PHYSICIANS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY MEDICINE AND COMMUNITY HEALTH BEGAN TO PROVIDE PRIMARY CARE SERVICES AT THE SHAMS CLINIC WEST PHILADELPHIA LOCATION, EXPANDING ACCESS TO CARE FOR THAT COMMUNITY. > THE REFUGEE CLINIC AT THE PENN CENTER FOR PRIMARY CARE IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN THE PRIMARY CARE AND GLOBAL HEALTH TRACKS OF THE INTERNAL MEDICINE RESIDENCY PROGRAM IN PENN MEDICINE, AND OUR PARTNER RESETTLEMENT AGENCY, HIAS PENNSYLVANIA. THE PENN MEDICINE REFUGEE CLINIC IS A MEMBER OF THE PHILADELPHIA REFUGEE HEALTH COLLABORATIVE (PRHC), A REGIONAL COALITION CONSISTING OF PHILADELPHIA'S THREE REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT AGENCIES AND EIGHT REFUGEE HEALTH CLINICS. THE CORE MISSION OF THE COLLABORATIVE IS TO CREATE AN EQUITABLE SYSTEM OF REFUGEE HEALTH CARE IN THE PHILADELPHIA REGION THAT ENSURES A CONSISTENTLY HIGH STANDARD OF CARE FOR ALL NEWLY ARRIVED REFUGEES. EACH YEAR, PRHC PROVIDES DOMESTIC HEALTH SCREENINGS, PRIMARY CARE (INCLUDING NEWBORN, PEDIATRICS, ADULT MEDICINE, GERIATRIC, OBSTETRIC AND GYNECOLOGIC CARE) AND ACCESS TO LABORATORY, RADIOLOGY AND SUBSPECIALTY SERVICES TO 800 NEWLY ARRIVED REFUGEES. PRHC ALSO PROVIDES ONGOING PRIMARY CARE AND WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES TO ESTABLISHED REFUGEE PATIENTS. THE PENN MEDICINE REFUGEE CLINIC CURRENTLY OPERATES EVERY MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH OVER 20 RESIDENT PHYSICIANS, AND SEES OVER 75 NEW ARRIVALS EACH YEAR. FIVE ATTENDING PHYSICIANS PRECEPT IN THE CLINIC, ALL OF WHOM ARE EXPERIENCED IN GLOBAL HEALTH, TRAVEL MEDICINE OR INFECTIOUS DISEASES. OVER THIRTY DIFFERENT LANGUAGES ARE SPOKEN IN CLINIC BY REFUGEE POPULATIONS FROM BHUTAN, BURMA, ERITREA, LIBERIA, DARFUR, SOUTH SUDAN, RUSSIA, UKRAINE, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO AND MANY OTHER COUNTRIES. THE CLINIC HOSTS A ONCE-MONTHLY WOMEN'S HEALTH CLINIC SPECIFICALLY FOCUSING ON THE HEALTH NEEDS OF REFUGEE WOMEN AND A WEEKLY LATENT TUBERCULOSIS INFECTION (LTBI) CLINIC, RUN BY A PHARMACIST AND PHARMACY STUDENTS, FOCUSING ON LTBI DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT. IN 2023, THE DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY MEDICINE AND COMMUNITY HEALTH WILL JOIN THE PRHC AND ESTABLISH A SECOND PENN MEDICINE REFUGEE CLINIC SITE WITH A FOCUS ON FULL-SPECTRUM PRIMARY CARE FOR FAMILIES INCLUDING PRENATAL AND OBSTETRICAL CARE. > COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING NAVIGATION PROGRAM: COLON CANCER IS THE FOURTH MOST COMMON CANCER IN OUR REGION AND THE SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH. THE ABRAMSON CENTER'S COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING NAVIGATION PROGRAM AT PENN MEDICINE HELPS PATIENTS OVERCOME IMPEDIMENTS TO COLONOSCOPY. THE SYSTEM WIDE GOAL TO INCREASE COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING IN BLACK PATIENTS HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL, ACHIEVING OVER 70% SCREENING RATE, EVEN IN THE MIDST OF COVID. > THE HEALTHY WOMAN PROGRAM: MAMMOGRAMS LEAD TO EARLY DIAGNOSIS AND BETTER PROGNOSIS. THE ABRAMSON CANCER CENTER'S HEALTHY WOMAN PROGRAM AT PENN MEDICINE OFFERS FREE BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER SCREENINGS AND DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATIONS TO UNINSURED AND UNDERINSURED WOMEN AGES 40 TO 65 WHO RESIDE IN PHILADELPHIA. FUNDING IS PROVIDED BY THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION'S NATIONAL BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER PREVENTION PROGRAM AND A COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA CONTRACT ADMINISTERED THROUGH ACCESS MATTERS, WITH NAVIGATION SUPPORTED BY THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY AND THE ABRAMSON CANCER CENTER'S RENA ROWAN BREAST CENTER FUND. IF CANCER IS DIAGNOSED, THE PENNSYLVANIA BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER PREVENTION AND TREATMENT PROGRAM WILL COVER TREATMENT. PRIORITY AREA #3: CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT THE US CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION DEFINES A CHRONIC DISEASE AS A CONDITION THAT LASTS AT LEAST ONE YEAR AND REQUIRES ONGOING MEDICAL ATTENTION, LIMITS DAILY ACTIVITIES, OR BOTH. SOME EXAMPLES INCLUDE HEART DISEASE, CANCER, STROKE, DIABETES, CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, AND CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD)-CONDITIONS THAT ARE LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH IN THE PENN MEDICINE SERVICE AREA. PHILADELPHIA COUNTY HAS A SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER RATE OF PREMATURE CARDIOVASCULAR DEATH AND ABOVE-AVERAGE RATES OF CANCER MORTALITY WHEN COMPARED WITH OTHER COUNTIES IN THE SERVICE AREA. FOR MANY REASONS, CHRONIC DISEASE CAN BE DIFFICULT TO MANAGE-DUE TO THE COMPLEXITY OF MEDICAL AND LIFESTYLE CHANGE REGIMENS AND THE RELATED DAY-TO-DAY CHALLENGES. THESE CHALLENGES ARE EVEN MORE CONCERNING FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIMITED ACCESS TO NECESSARY MEDICAL CARE, RESOURCES, AWARENESS AND SUPPORT. THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS ARE EXEMPLARY INITIATIVES AT PENN MEDICINE THAT HELP PATIENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO PREVENT AND/OR MANAGE CHRONIC DISEASES. THIS LIST IS NOT EXHAUSTIVE, AND THERE ARE MANY MORE RELEVANT PROGRAMS ACROSS THE HEALTH SYSTEM. > COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING OUTREACH AND NAVIGATION PROGRAM: THIS INNOVATIVE, COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAM MAKES COLON CANCER SCREENING ACCESSIBLE, CONVENIENT, AND AFFORDABLE TO PHILADELPHIANS. FOLLOWING PENN MEDICINE'S RECENT EXPANSION OF AVAILABLE SCREENING OPTIONS FOR THE DISEASE, MORE THAN 3,800 LOCAL RESIDENTS HAVE RECEIVED COLORECTAL SCREENINGS, EITHER WITHIN HEALTH CENTERS OR THROUGH PRIVATE AT-HOME SCREENINGS, WHICH HAVE PROVEN SUCCESSFUL IN SCREENING PEOPLE WHO WOULD NOT OTHERWISE HAVE PARTICIPATED. > SCREEN TO SAVE: THIS FAITH-BASED OUTREACH PROGRAM TARGETS PHILADELPHIA'S BLACK COMMUNITIES. THE GOAL OF THE PROGRAM, WHICH WAS STARTED BY THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE'S CENTER TO REDUCE CANCER HEALTH DISPARITIES AND COUNTS PENN MEDICINE'S ABRAMSON CANCER CENTER AMONG SCORES OF NATIONAL PARTNERS, IS TO INCREASE COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING RATES AMONG MEN AND WOMEN AGES 45 TO 75 FROM RACIALLY AND ETHNICALLY DIVERSE COMMUNITIES. THIS YEAR, SCREEN TO SAVE HAS HOSTED SEVEN EVENTS, WHICH TOGETHER ATTRACTED ABOUT 2,700 ATTENDEES. FURTHER, THE PROGRAM PROVIDED 195 FREE ON-SITE CANCER SCREENINGS. SINCE OCTOBER 2020, THE PROGRAM PROVIDED 553 PATIENTS WITH FREE NAVIGATION TO COLONOSCOPIES VIA THE DRIVE BY FLU FIT PROGRAM, ALSO FACILITATED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CHURCHES, OF WHICH 7 PERCENT HAD A POSITIVE FINDING (I.E. BLOOD IN THEIR STOOL). > PENN MEDICINE BREAST HEALTH INITIATIVE: IN RECOGNITION OF THE BARRIERS THAT CAN EXIST FOR WOMEN SEEKING BREAST CANCER SCREENING AND TREATMENT, PENN MEDICINE OFFERS BREAST SCREENINGS AS WELL AS DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT SERVICES TO UNDERSERVED AND UNINSURED WOMEN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MORE THAN A DOZEN NONPROFITS AND CLINICS IN THE REGION. SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 2014, THE INITIATIVE HAS PROVIDED FREE MAMMOGRAMS TO MORE THAN 4,500 WOMEN. OF THESE, 50 PERCENT OF THE WOMEN WERE LATINA, 28 PERCENT WERE BLACK, AND 56 PERCENT DID NOT SPEAK ENGLISH. TO DATE, 77 CASES OF BREAST CANCER HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND TREATED THROUGH THE INITIATIVE. > PENN MEDICINE BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER EARLY DETECTION PROGRAM: THIS BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING NAVIGATION PROGRAM PROVIDES FREE BREAST SCREENING AND DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES TO ELIGIBLE WOMEN WHO ARE UNINSURED OR UNDERINSURED. > THE CUT HYPERTENSION PROJECT: THIS INNOVATIVE PROGRAM TURNS THE CORNER BARBERSHOP- WELL-KNOWN AS INFORMAL GATHERING PLACES IN MANY BLACK AND LATINO COMMUNITIES-INTO A HEALTH HUB AS WELL AS A SOCIAL HUB. IN LOCAL BARBERSHOP, PHILLY CUTS, VOLUNTEERS CONDUCT BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENINGS AND SPREAD INFORMATION ON HOW TO COMBAT HYPERTENSION IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY. PROJECT LEADERS AND VOLUNTEERS ALSO PROVIDE EDUCATION ON HEALTHY DIETING AND EXERCISE, AND THIS YEAR BEGAN HANDING OUT COVID-19 TESTS AT THE BARBERSHOP. THE PROGRAM NOT ONLY HELPS ADDRESS HYPERTENSION BUT BUILDS TRUST BETWEEN HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND THE BLACK RESIDENTS OF WEST PHILADELPHIA. > CAN PREVENT CANCER: PENN MEDICINE OFFERS AN ANNUAL, COMMUNITY-BASED CONFERENCE FOCUSED ON SPREADING KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS OF DIFFERENT FORMS OF CANCER, INCLUDING COLON, BREAST, AND LUNG CANCERS. THIS YEAR, 8,350 PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS PARTICIPATED IN THE EVENT. > STROKE COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROGRAM: IN RECOGNITION THAT STROKE IS THE NUMBER-ONE PREVENTABLE CAUSE OF DISABILITY, PENN MEDICINE OFFERS COMMUNITY-BASED, STROKE-RELATED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING AT EVERY HOSPITAL IN THE SYSTEM. RISK FACTORS ARE IDENTIFIED THROUGH A COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT, WITH PROGRAM STAFF STRIVING TO HELP RESIDENTS COMBAT ANY RISK FACTORS THAT EMERGE, WHILE WORKING TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF STROKE AND ITS SYMPTOMS. |
| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A (CONTINUED) | > PENN MEDICINE OPIOID TASK FORCE: THE PENN MEDICINE OPIOID STEWARDSHIP TASK FORCE IS A HEALTH-SYSTEM WIDE INITIATIVE THAT AIMS TO SIGNIFICANTLY STANDARDIZE AND IMPROVE PATIENT CARE FOR ALL IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR CULTURE OR BACKGROUND, REDUCE OPIOID-RELATED HARM TO PATIENTS, DECREASE RATES OF LEAVING AGAINST MEDICAL ADVICE (AMA) IN PATIENTS WITH OUD, AND REDUCE THE NUMBER OF UNUSED OPIOIDS IN THE COMMUNITY. > CENTER FOR OPIOID RECOVERY AND ENGAGEMENT: CORE PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE PEER SUPPORT FOR INDIVIDUALS STRUGGLING WITH OPIOID USE, AS WELL AS THEIR LOVED ONES. THE CENTER'S MISSION IS TO SUPPORT ALL PATHWAYS TO RECOVERY AND REMOVE BARRIERS FOR PATIENTS THROUGHOUT THE PENN HEALTH SYSTEM. > SCHOOL OF MEDICINE ADDICTION MEDICINE FELLOWSHIP: THE PERELMAN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE'S DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY MEDICINE AND COMMUNITY HEALTH WAS APPROVED TO PROVIDE TRAINING FOR TWO FELLOWSHIP POSITIONS IN ADDICTION MEDICINE. TWO CLINICIANS WILL BE TRAINED ANNUALLY IN ONE-YEAR POSITIONS TO BECOME CLINICAL EXPERTS IN ADDICTION MEDICINE. THIS FELLOWSHIP WILL CREATE AN ADDICTION MEDICINE CONSULT SERVICE TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE TO CLINICIANS TREATING PATIENTS WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER. THE FELLOWSHIP WILL ADD TO THE PIPELINE OF PROVIDERS WHO CAN PROVIDE CLINICAL ADDICTION SERVICES AND EDUCATION IN PHILADELPHIA. > CARE CONNECT WARM LINE THIS TELEHEALTH ADDICTION BRIDGE SERVICE IS A NEW INNOVATION DESIGNED TO IMPROVE SAME-DAY ACCESS TO TREATMENTS. THE PROJECT EMERGED FROM THE EARLY PHASES OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, WHEN THE NEED FOR SAFER, REMOTE SOLUTIONS LIKE TELEHEALTH LED TO A SWIFT TRANSFORMATION OF MANY ASPECTS OF OUTPATIENT AND INPATIENT CARE. > PEER FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM FOR CERTIFIED RECOVERY SPECIALISTS (CRS): THE CRS IS AN IMPORTANT PROFESSIONAL IN ADDICTION AND RECOVERY CARE TEAMS. PENN MEDICINE PROVIDES TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR CRS ON IMPROVING PATIENT TRANSITIONS FROM ACUTE CARE BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY. PRIORITY AREA #5: HEALTH CARE AND HEALTH RESOURCES NAVIGATION PENN MEDICINE RECOGNIZES THAT BARRIERS TO NAVIGATING THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM CONTRIBUTE TO INEQUITIES AND POOR HEALTH OUTCOMES. COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS, SOCIAL WORKERS, CLINICIANS, STUDENTS, AND A HOST OF OTHER PENN MEDICINE PROFESSIONALS ARE HELPING PATIENTS MORE EASILY NAVIGATE THE SYSTEM. PENN MEDICINE IS A PART OF A REGIONAL COLLABORATIVE THAT INVESTS IN RESOURCE CONNECTS AND WORKS TOGETHER TO IMPROVE HEALTH CARE AND HEALTH RESOURCE NAVIGATION FOR PHILADELPHIA. THE BELOW PROGRAMS WORK TO LINK PATIENTS DIRECTLY TO HEALTH RESOURCES AND ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, COORDINATING OFFICE VISITS, AND HEALTH RELATED SOCIAL NEED RESOURCES. > PENN CENTER FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS (PCCHW): FOR MORE THAN A DECADE, THIS NATIONAL CENTER OF EXCELLENCE HAS CONDUCTED, APPLIED, AND DISSEMINATED IMPORTANT RESEARCH ON COMMUNITY HEALTH WORK AND COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS. THE CENTER'S CORNERSTONE INITIATIVE IS IMPACT, WHICH HELPS COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS STRIKE THE RIGHT BALANCE BETWEEN COMMUNITY AND CLINIC. COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS INTEGRATE WITH OTHER CARE TEAMS TO OPTIMIZE PROCESSES AROUND PATIENT REFERRALS, DATA INFRASTRUCTURE, TEAM INTERACTION, AND COMMUNICATION VIA THE ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD. SKILLED IN SYSTEM NAVIGATION AND PROBLEM-SOLVING, COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS ASSIST CLIENTS WITH EVERYTHING FROM FINDING THE RIGHT CARE TO BATTLING EVICTION NOTICES. > PHMC PUBLIC HEALTH CAMPUS ON CEDAR ANCHORED BY THE HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA - CEDAR AVENUE, THE PHMC PUBLIC HEALTH CAMPUS ON CEDAR IS FOUNDED ON THE GUIDING PRINCIPLE OF PROVIDING HIGH-QUALITY, COMMUNITY-INFORMED, PATIENT-CENTERED HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL SERVICES SUPPORTING THE NEEDS OF THE FACILITY'S WEST AND SOUTHWEST PHILADELPHIA NEIGHBORS. THE COALITION'S GOALS FOR THE NEW PUBLIC HEALTH CAMPUS FOCUS ON HEALTH EQUITY AND AIM TO PROVIDE THE COMMUNITY WITH ACCESS TO PRIMARY AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE, EMERGENCY SERVICES, ACUTE CARE SERVICES, SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT, AND OTHER SOCIAL SUPPORT SERVICES. PHMC PUBLIC HEALTH CAMPUS ON CEDAR IS A PARTNERSHIP CONSISTING OF PUBLIC HEALTH MANAGEMENT CORPORATION (PHMC) AS THE OWNER AND OPERATOR OF THE PROPERTY, WITH PENN MEDICINE MANAGING THE HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, INPATIENT SERVICES, AND HOSPITAL-BASED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROGRAMMING AS A REMOTE LOCATION FOR THE HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (HUP), KNOWN AS HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA - CEDAR AVENUE. CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA (CHOP) AND THE INDEPENDENCE BLUE CROSS FOUNDATION JOIN PHMC AND PENN MEDICINE AS COALITION PARTNERS FOR THE TRANSFORMATION. > COMMUNITY RESOURCE CONNECTS: WHEN PENNCHART'S HEALTH SCREENER IDENTIFIES SOMEONE WITH POTENTIALLY UNMET SOCIAL NEEDS, PENN MEDICINE TAKES ACTION, WORKING WITH HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, THE PHILADELPHIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, AND ENTITIES LIKE FIND HELP, A CLOSED-LOOP REFERRAL NETWORK FOR SOCIAL SERVICES. PENN MEDICINE PROVIDERS AND STAFF CAN THEN CONNECT THE PATIENT WITH RESOURCES THAT CAN HELP THEM AFTER THEY LEAVE THE HOSPITAL. > SOCIAL NEEDS RESPONSE TEAM (SNRT): THIS PROGRAM WAS CREATED BY THE HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA'S DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK WITH SUPPORT FROM THE CENTER FOR HEALTH EQUITY ADVANCEMENT, IN ORDER TO ENSURE ALL PENN MEDICINE PATIENTS AND EMPLOYEES HAVE THE SUPPORT THEY NEED TO BE SAFE AND WELL. SNRT IS A VIRTUAL CALL CENTER ESTABLISHED IN APRIL 2020 THAT SUPPORTS PENN PATIENTS AND THE WIDER PHILADELPHIA COMMUNITY WITH ACCESS TO RESOURCES TO ADDRESS SOCIAL NEEDS. SNRT IS A CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER-SUPERVISED VIRTUAL INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM OF GRADUATE-LEVEL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS (MEDICINE, NURSING, SOCIAL WORK) WHO ADDRESS PATIENT SAFETY, DISTRESS, AND A MYRIAD OF OTHER UNMET SOCIAL NEEDS IN ORDER TO EFFECTIVELY MITIGATE THEIR COMPOUNDING NEGATIVE EFFECTS ON HEALTH. PENN MEDICINE WILL GROW THE SNRT WITH A FULL-TIME LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER TO OVERSEE THE GROWTH OF THE TEAM. > PENN MEDICINE CONTACT CENTER: THE PENN MEDICINE CONTACT CENTER (1-800-789-PENN) PROVIDES HEALTH SYSTEM NAVIGATION SERVICES TO NEW AND ESTABLISHED PATIENTS WHO ARE SEEKING CLINICAL CARE AT PENN MEDICINE. THE CONTACT CENTER EMPLOYS CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES AND REGISTERED NURSES WHO ARE AVAILABLE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. CONTACT CENTER AGENTS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE COMPLETE SCOPE OF PENN MEDICINE CLINICAL CARE, INCLUDING PHYSICIANS, DEPARTMENTS, PROGRAMS, CENTERS, SERVICES, AND LOCATIONS. AGENTS HELP CALLERS FIND AN APPROPRIATE HEALTH CARE PROVIDER BASED ON THE CALLER'S NEEDS, SYMPTOMS, OR DIAGNOSIS. ONCE APPROPRIATE CARE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED, SCHEDULING SPECIALISTS HELP CALLERS SET UP THEIR APPOINTMENT. ANNUAL CONTACT CENTER VOLUME CURRENTLY AVERAGES APPROXIMATELY 800,000 CALLS. > GOVAXX PHILLY IS A TEAM CREATED WITH FUNDING THROUGH THE HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY MEDICINE AND COMMUNITY HEALTH TO BUILD COVID-19 VACCINE OUTREACH INFRASTRUCTURE. SPECIFICALLY, THIS TEAM OF OUTREACH AND EDUCATION AMBASSADORS PROVIDES CRITICAL PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATION TO WEST AND SOUTHWEST PHILADELPHIA, WHICH ARE AMONG THE NEIGHBORHOODS HARDEST HIT BY COVID-19. THROUGH DOOR-TO-DOOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH, GOVAXX AND ITS AMBASSADORS PROVIDE LONGITUDINAL SUPPORT TO ADDRESS BARRIERS TO VACCINE ACCESS, VACCINE HESITANCY, ESTABLISHING TRUST, AND ACHIEVING HEALTH EQUITY. GIVEN RECENT DISEASE OUTBREAKS LIKE MONKEYPOX AND POLIO IN ADDITION TO COVID-19, PENN MEDICINE WILL SUPPORT AN EXPANDED SCOPE OF WORK FOR ITS VACCINE EDUCATION AND OUTREACH AMBASSADORS. > PUENTES DE SALUD WORKS TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS OF UNINSURED SPANISH SPEAKERS IN PHILADELPHIA THROUGH PROVISION OF CARE AND SOCIAL PROGRAMS. THE PROGRAM CONNECTS STUDENTS WITH PATIENTS WITH COMPLEX HEALTH NEEDS AND HELPS THEM NAVIGATE THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM BY ASSISTING WITH FINDING APPROPRIATE CARE AND SCHEDULING APPOINTMENTS, AMONG OTHER SERVICES. PRIORITY AREA #6: RACISM AND DISCRIMINATION IN HEALTH CARE PENN MEDICINE IS COMMITTED TO ENSURING EQUITY AND ELIMINATING RACISM FOR ITS EMPLOYEES AND PATIENTS ALIKE. RACISM IS AN URGENT HEALTH CRISIS DRIVING POOR HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES. DISTRUST IN HEALTH CARE INSTITUTIONS AND PROVIDERS, AND SYSTEMIC RACISM WITHIN THESE SYSTEMS LEAD TO INCREASED MORTALITY. THERE ARE HUGE GAPS IN CARE AND CARE OUTCOMES FOR POORER COMMUNITIES OF COLOR WHEN COMPARED WITH MORE RESOURCED AREAS. IN THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA'S 2020 HEALTH OF THE CITY REPORT, BLACK AND HISPANIC/LATINO COMMUNITIES WERE MORE LIKELY TO DESCRIBE THEIR HEALTH AS "FAIR"POOR" COMPARED TO THEIR WHITE COUNTERPARTS. |
| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A (CONTINUED) | THE DISPARITIES ARE WELL-DOCUMENTED AND ONLY WORSENED DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. DURING THE PANDEMIC, BLACK COMMUNITIES EXPERIENCED HIGHER RATES OF COVID-19 INFECTION, HOSPITALIZATION, AND MORTALITY. PENN MEDICINE IS COMMITTED TO ELIMINATING STRUCTURAL INJUSTICE ACROSS OUR ORGANIZATION AND THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE TO ACHIEVE A VISION FOR THE FUTURE: PENN MEDICINE IS UNITED AS AN ANTI-RACIST, EQUITABLE, DIVERSE, AND INCLUSIVE ORGANIZATION. > DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION FORUMS: THE ACTION FOR CULTURAL TRANSFORMATION (ACT) STRATEGY IDENTIFIED A NEED TO DESIGN FORUMS AT MULTIPLE LEVELS OF PENN MEDICINE DEDICATED TO DIVERSITY, EQUALITY, AND INCLUSION (DEI)-AND TO ENSURING EMPLOYEES AND LEADERS ARE ENGAGED IN DEI LEARNING AND DEEPENING UNDERSTANDING. THE FORUMS FOSTER ANTI-RACIST TRAINING, LEARNING MODULES INCLUDING THOSE PROVIDED TO NEW HIRES, PARTICIPATION IN SURVEYS AND TOWN HALLS, DEI GROUPS, AND OTHER RESOURCES LIKE BOOK CLUBS. > THE HUP CLINICAL NURSE MENTORSHIP PROGRAM PAIRS CLINICAL NURSES WITH HUP NURSE LEADERS IN A YEARLONG MENTORSHIP. LEADERS SEEK TO GUIDE AND SHAPE CLINICAL NURSE MENTEES BY PROVIDING INFORMATION, ADVICE, SUPPORT, AND IDEAS. AS PART OF THE PROGRAM, MENTORS AND MENTEES READ A LIST OF RECOMMENDED READINGS INCLUDE ARTICLES AIMED TO FOCUS ON CREATING DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSIVITY. > PENN-CHOP ALLIANCE OF MINORITY PHYSICIANS BRINGS TOGETHER FACULTY, RESIDENTS, FELLOWS AND MEDICAL STUDENTS FROM ACROSS BOTH INSTITUTIONS FOR SOCIAL AND PROFESSIONAL NETWORKING AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT. INITIATIVES INCLUDE THE VISITING CLERKSHIP FOR URIM MEDICAL STUDENTS AS A PIPELINE PROGRAM FROM MEDICAL SCHOOL TO MEDICAL RESIDENCY, A MENTORSHIP PROGRAM, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS AND SOCIAL EVENTS. > ACTION FOR CULTURAL TRANSFORMATION (ACT) IS PENN MEDICINE'S STRATEGIC PLAN AND COMMITMENT TO ANTI-RACISM. LAUNCHED IN 2020, ACT'S MISSION IS TO ELIMINATE STRUCTURAL INJUSTICE ACROSS PENN MEDICINE AND THE COMMUNITIES IT SERVES. ACT'S STRATEGIC PRIORITIES SPAN ALL INSTITUTIONAL FUNCTIONS AND TOUCHPOINTS, INCLUDING CLINICAL CARE, RESEARCH, EDUCATION, COMMUNITY, CULTURE, AND PEOPLE. SINCE ACT'S CREATION, MORE THAN 5,500 VOICES IN A STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS PRODUCED A STRATEGIC ROADMAP, GOVERNANCE, AND INFRASTRUCTURE. PARTICIPANTS IDENTIFIED 71 'JUST DO ITS,IMMEDIATE ACTION STEPS TO ADDRESS SYSTEMIC ISSUES OF BIAS AND DISCRIMINATION. SINCE 2020, 76 PERCENT OF THE 'JUST DO ITS' HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. ADDITIONALLY, ACT ENGAGED 44,000 EMPLOYEES, STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND TRAINEES IN UNCONSCIOUS BIAS EDUCATION. > LIFT EVERY VOICE IS AN ANONYMOUS DIGITAL PLATFORM DESIGNED TO COLLECT EXPERIENCES AND OBSERVATIONS OF RACISM IN THE HEALTH CARE WORKPLACE AND PROVIDE LEADERS WITH THE ON-THE-GROUND INFORMATION THEY NEED TO DISMANTLE RACISM. LIFT EVERY VOICE ALSO LEVERAGES THE POWER OF STORIES TO SPARK CONVERSATION. PENN MEDICINE STAFF SUBMIT STORIES TO THE PLATFORM, WHICH ARE THEN REVIEWED, ILLUSTRATED, AND POSTED PUBLICLY. DEPARTMENTAL LEADERS REGULARLY REVIEW SUBMISSIONS AND DEVELOP ACTION PLANS. SPECIAL SECTION: ADDRESSING MATERNAL MORTALITY WITHIN RACISM AND DISCRIMINATION IN HEALTH CARE FOR YEARS, PENN MEDICINE HAS BEEN TAKING BOLD STEPS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND AND REDUCE MATERNAL MORTALITY. AS MATERNAL MORTALITY WAS IDENTIFIED AS A COMMUNITY HEALTH PRIORITY IN THE 2019 CHNA, IT REMAINS AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR EFFORTS TO TACKLE RACISM AND DISCRIMINATION ACROSS THE ENTIRE HEALTH CARE ENTERPRISE-ONE OF PENN MEDICINE'S HEALTH PRIORITIES FOR 2022. THE DEATH OF A NEW OR EXPECTANT MOTHER BECAUSE OF COMPLICATIONS RELATED TO PREGNANCY OR CHILDBIRTH IS ONE OF THE GREATEST TRAGEDIES A FAMILY AND A COMMUNITY CAN FACE. IN PHILADELPHIA AS IN MUCH OF THE REST OF THE COUNTRY, THESE DEVASTATING EVENTS AFFECT BLACK WOMEN AND NEIGHBORHOODS OF COLOR MOST ACUTELY. A STUDY FROM THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA'S MATERNAL MORTALITY REVIEW COMMITTEE, WHICH ANALYZED 110 PREGNANCY-ASSOCIATED DEATHS, FOUND THAT 73 PERCENT OF THESE DEATHS OCCURRED AMONG BLACK WOMEN, EVEN AS BLACK WOMEN ACCOUNTED FOR LESS THAN HALF OF ALL LIVE BIRTHS. BLACK WOMEN ALSO ARE MORE LIKELY THAN THEIR WHITE COUNTERPARTS TO EXPERIENCE POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGING, WHICH CAN REQUIRE BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS OR EVEN A HYSTERECTOMY TO CONTROL. AS PART OF A MULTI-STEP APPROACH TO ADDRESSING THIS PRIORITY, PENN MEDICINE SET AMBITIOUS SYSTEM-WIDE HEALTH EQUITY GOALS AND UNDERTAKING EFFORTS TO ENSURE OUR PEOPLE ARE ACCOUNTABLE AND EMPOWERED TO HELP WOMEN IN NEED AND REDUCE MATERNAL MORTALITY AND PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS IN PHILADELPHIA. WE ARE ACHIEVING IMPORTANT CLINICAL BREAKTHROUGHS, CARING FOR PREGNANT WOMEN ACROSS THE CITY REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY, AND TYING EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION TO PROGRESS ON MATERNAL MORTALITY AND SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS. PRIORITY AREA #7: FOOD ACCESS FOOD SECURITY IS DEFINED AS HAVING RELIABLE ACCESS TO ENOUGH AFFORDABLE, NUTRITIOUS FOOD. FOOD INSECURITY OCCURS WHEN COMMUNITIES EXPERIENCE CHALLENGES OBTAINING ENOUGH FOOD. THE FINANCIAL CHALLENGES BROUGHT ON BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAVE LED TO HIGHER RATES OF FOOD INSECURITY ACROSS THE PENN MEDICINE SERVICE AREA-AND, BY EXTENSION, A GREATER NEED FOR FOOD ASSISTANCE. NEARLY A QUARTER OF PHILADELPHIA HOUSEHOLDS RECEIVE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SNAP) BENEFITS. BLACK, HISPANIC/LATINO, AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, AS WELL AS OLDER ADULTS, ARE ALL DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY FOOD INSECURITY. THROUGH FOOD PANTRIES, COMMUNITY EDUCATION, AND ITS OWN NUTRITION POLICIES, PENN MEDICINE IS PUSHING TO ADDRESS FOOD SECURITY WITHIN PHILADELPHIA AND SERVING AS A POSITIVE EXAMPLE FOR HEALTHY BEHAVIORS. > THE AGASTON URBAN NUTRITION INITIATIVE WAS CREATED TO HELP BUILD AND SUSTAIN HEALTHY COMMUNITIES IN WEST PHILADELPHIA. THE INITIATIVE STRIVES TO PROMOTE AND FACILITATE GOOD NUTRITION AND EXERCISE PRACTICES AND WORKS CLOSELY WITH PENN MEDICINE'S STUDENT-RUN HEALTH CLINICS AND HUP CEDAR'S FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER. OTHER PARTNERS INCLUDE PENN FARM AS PART OF THE PENN FOOD AND WELLNESS COLLABORATIVE. > HUP FOOD PANTRY BEGAN IN MAY 2020, SHORTLY AFTER THE ONSET OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. CREATED AND LED BY HUP NURSING STAFF, AND WITH GUIDANCE FROM HOSPITAL NUTRITION PROFESSIONALS, PANTRY VOLUNTEERS ASSEMBLE BAGS OF FOOD TO FEED A FAMILY OF FOUR FOR A DAY. BAGS ARE DISTRIBUTED EVERY WEDNESDAY. MANY RECIPIENTS ARE PENN MEDICINE EMPLOYEES, WHO MAY RECEIVE ONE BAG OF FOOD WITH NO QUESTIONS ASKED. HUP FOOD PANTRY PARTNERS WITH PHILABUNDANCE TO RECEIVE A MINIMUM OF 500 POUNDS OF FOOD EACH WEEK. IN OCTOBER 2020, THE PANTRY CEMENTED RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE PENN FOOD AND WELLNESS COLLABORATIVE AND STARTED RECEIVING PRODUCE FROM PENN FARM. THE PROGRAM AGAIN EXPANDED IN DECEMBER 2021, OFFERING BAGS OF FOOD TO FOOD-INSECURE, DIABETIC PRENATAL AND POSTPARTUM PATIENTS AT PENN'S HELEN O. DICKENS CENTER FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH. A CONTINUATION OF THIS STRATEGY IS TO EXPAND THE HUP PANTRY PROGRAM TO HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA - CEDAR AVENUE, WHICH SERVES WEST AND SOUTHWEST PHILADELPHIA. > HUNGRY HARVEST IS A COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION THAT "RESCUES" FRESH PRODUCE THAT OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE BEEN FARM WASTE AND DISTRIBUTES IT TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN NEED. CURRENTLY HUNGRY HARVEST BRINGS FRESH FRUIT AND PRODUCE BOXES TO FOOD-INSECURE POSTPARTUM PATIENTS AT THE DICKENS CENTER FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH. > CHOSEN 300 DISTRIBUTES HOT, NUTRITIOUS MEALS SIX DAYS PER WEEK AT THREE PHILADELPHIA LOCATIONS. PENN MEDICINE SUPPORTS THE ORGANIZATION BY DONATING $6,000 PER YEAR AND COORDINATING DINNER SERVICE AT THE ORGANIZATION'S WEST PHILADELPHIA LOCATION ON THE FIRST MONDAY OF EACH MONTH AND SELECTED OTHER DAYS. BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENINGS ARE OFFERED ON THOSE NIGHTS OF SERVICE, ALONG WITH INFORMATION ON HOW AND WHERE TO ACCESS PRIMARY CARE, INCLUDING WITHIN THE PENN MEDICINE SYSTEM. > HALL MERCER FOOD PANTRY IS A NON-PERISHABLE FOOD PANTRY ESTABLISHED EIGHT YEARS AGO TO SERVE PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL PATIENTS AND, STARTING IN 2020, ITS EMPLOYEES. THE PANTRY WAS ESTABLISHED AND IS MAINTAINED BY TWO EMPLOYEES: DONNA CAMPO AND MAUREEN DECARLO. PATIENTS ARE REFERRED TO THE PANTRY THROUGH CASE MANAGERS, WHO WORK WITH THE INDIVIDUAL TO IMPROVE HIS OR HER FOOD SECURITY. > FOLLOWING A MAJOR INITIATIVE OF THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, PENN MEDICINE MADE SEVERAL INSTITUTIONAL CHANGES AIMED AT TRANSFORMING ITS HOSPITAL FOOD ENVIRONMENTS BY LAUNCHING THE GOOD FOOD, HEALTHY HOSPITAL INITIATIVE: POLICY AND OPERATIONAL CHANGES INCLUDE: -REMOVAL OF ALL SUGAR-SWEETENED BEVERAGES FROM VENDING MACHINES. -VENDING MACHINE POLICIES HAVE BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT NEW HEALTH REQUIREMENTS AND OFFER HEALTHIER SNACK OPTIONS. -CATERING SERVICES POLICY CONTAINS HEALTHY RECOMMENDATIONS AND SUGAR-FREE BEVERAGE RULES. |
| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A (CONTINUED) | > FOOD ACCESS SUPPORT TECHNOLOGY (FAST) APP IS A CENTRALIZED ONLINE PLATFORM CONNECTING FOOD-INSECURE PATIENTS WITH PANTRIES AND OTHER COMMUNITY RESOURCES. CREATED BY THE PENN MEDICINE CENTER FOR HEALTH EQUITY AND ADVANCEMENT, THE FAST APP HAS BEEN ADOPTED BY OTHER LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING ANOTHER HEALTH SYSTEM. PRIORITY AREA #8: CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY APPROPRIATE SERVICES ACCORDING TO CENSUS DATA, NEARLY 10% OF PHILADELPHIAN'S SPEAK ENGLISH LESS THAN "VERY WELL." IN THE PENN MEDICINE SERVICE REGION, THIS RANGES FROM 5% UP TO 14% OF THE POPULATION. MANY OF THESE ARE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS WITH VARYING DEGREES OF ENGLISH PROFICIENCY. THERE IS A NEED IN PHILADELPHIA FOR HIGH-QUALITY, WIDELY AVAILABLE ORAL AND WRITTEN TRANSLATIONS, INCLUDING INTERPRETATION SERVICES. IN A HEALTH CARE SETTING, LANGUAGE SERVICES STRENGTHEN ACCESS TO CARE AND THE QUALITY OF THAT CARE, AS EFFECTIVE CLINICIAN-PATIENT COMMUNICATION IS CRITICAL FOR SUCCESS. BEYOND LANGUAGE, PATIENTS' IDENTITIES, CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS NORMS ALSO INFLUENCE INDIVIDUAL BELIEFS ABOUT HEALTH AS WELL AS EXPERIENCES IN THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. PENN MEDICINE IS WORKING TO ENSURE EVERY PATIENT WHO WALKS THROUGH PENN MEDICINE'S DOORS RECEIVES CARE IN A CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE WAY THAT INCLUDES AND VALUES ALL ASPECTS OF A PATIENT'S IDENTITY, EXPERIENCES AND BACKGROUND. > MY ACCESSIBLE REAL-TIME TRUSTED INTERPRETER (MARTTI): CLINICIANS AND STAFF ACROSS PENN MEDICINE ARE ABLE TO USE MARTTI UNITS FOR QUICK AND EFFECTIVE INTERPRETATION IN A RANGE OF LANGUAGES. THE EASY-TO-USE MOBILE TABLETS ARE HIPPA-APPROVED AND CREATE A VIRTUAL CONNECTION BETWEEN PATIENTS AND CERTIFIED MEDICAL INTERPRETERS. ALONG WITH NON-NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKERS, MARTTI CAN SERVE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING. SPANISH, ARABIC, AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE, AND RUSSIAN-FOUR OF THE MOST COMMONLY SPOKEN NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGES AMONG HOSPITAL PATIENTS-ARE READILY AVAILABLE, BUT USERS CAN ACCESS A NUMBER OF OTHER LANGUAGES THROUGH THE TOOL. > THE REFUGEE CLINIC AT PENN PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER PROVIDES INITIAL HEALTH ASSESSMENTS FOR REFUGEES UPON ARRIVAL TO THE CITY, AS WELL AS FOLLOW-UP HEALTH SERVICES FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH CARE. THE CLINIC PROVIDES CULTURALLY SENSITIVE CARE BY PARTNERING WITH REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT AGENCIES, TRANSLATORS, AND PHYSICIAN'S FAMILIAR WITH REFUGEE HEALTH. > THE LGBTQ HEALTH PROGRAM IS PENN MEDICINE'S PROGRAM TO SUPPORT ACCESS TO CARE, QUALITY OF CARE AND PATIENT EXPERIENCE FOR LGBTQ+ PATIENTS ACROSS THE SYSTEM. CARE IS DELIVERED BY COMPASSIONATE AND SKILLED PROVIDERS ACROSS THE HEALTH SYSTEM WHO OFFER CULTURALLY COMPETENT CARE IN A JUDGMENT-FREE SETTING. THE PROGRAM ALSO WORKS TO SUPPORT CHANGE TO POLICIES, WORKFLOWS AND OPERATIONS TO AFFIRM LGBTQ+ PEOPLE. THE PROGRAM ALSO RUNS THE TRANSGENDER PATIENT ADVOCATE PROGRAM WHICH CONNECTS PATIENTS IDENTIFYING ANYWHERE ALONG THE TRANSGENDER SPECTRUM TO FACILITATE OUTPATIENT OR SPECIALTY CARE AT PENN MEDICINE. ADVOCATES HELP PEOPLE FIND APPROPRIATE PROVIDERS, MAKE IT TO APPOINTMENTS, AND COMMUNICATE GENDER IDENTITY AND PRONOUNS IN USE TO STAFF AND PROVIDERS. > PENN MEDICINE PASTORAL CARE AND EDUCATION: AVAILABLE AT ALL DOWNTOWN HOSPITALS, PASTORAL CARE IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF PENN MEDICINE'S HEALING MISSION. CHAPLAINS, AS A VALUED PART OF THE HEALTH CARE TEAM, HELP PATIENTS DRAW UPON SPIRITUAL RESOURCES, VALUES, AND TRADITIONS TO COPE WITH ILLNESS AND TRAGEDY. CARE IS CULTURALLY COMPETENT, FOLLOWING AN INTERFAITH MODEL AND RESPECTING THE FULL RANGE OF PATIENT FAITHS AND SPIRITUAL EXPRESSIONS. PENN MEDICINE PASTORAL CARE AND EDUCATION IS NATIONALLY ACCREDITED THROUGH ACPE, AN ORGANIZATION PROVIDING THE HIGHEST QUALITY CLINICAL PASTORAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR SPIRITUAL CARE PROFESSIONALS OF ANY FAITH AND IN ANY SETTING. > PENN MEDICINE DIETARY SERVICES PROVIDES CUSTOM DIETARY OPTIONS THAT RESPECT RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY. THIS INCLUDES KOSHER, HALAL, VEGETARIAN, AND OTHER OPTIONS, ALL OF WHICH ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. PRIORITY AREA #9: COMMUNITY VIOLENCE THERE IS AN EPIDEMIC IN THE PHILADELPHIA COMMUNITY AND THE STATISTICS ARE UNPRECEDENTED. VIOLENT INJURY AND HOMICIDE RATES DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACT THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES PENN MEDICINE SERVES. IN A SINGLE YEAR (2021), PHILADELPHIA LOST 550 PEOPLE TO GUN VIOLENCE, THE MOST IN 30 YEARS. FIREARM HOMICIDE IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR BLACK MEN AGES 15-43 AND HISPANIC/LATINO MEN AGES 15-31. RISING RATES OF VIOLENCE AFFECT INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES, HEALTH SYSTEMS, AND OUR CITY AS A WHOLE. DIRECT AND INDIRECT EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE CONTRIBUTES TO DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, PTSD, SUICIDE, ABUSE, AND NEGLECT. MANY SURVIVORS OF VIOLENCE ENCOUNTER BARRIERS TO FOLLOW UP CARE AND RECOVERY. WITHOUT SOMEONE TO HELP NAVIGATE, THE LABYRINTH OF SYSTEMS CAN SEEM AN IMPOSSIBLE HURDLE. WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE MUST COLLABORATE WITH THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE TO PREVENT VIOLENT INJURY IN THE FIRST PLACE. BECAUSE THE ROOT CAUSES OF VIOLENCE INCLUDE STRUCTURAL RACISM AND SYSTEMATIC UNDERINVESTMENT IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF PENN MEDICINE AS AN EMPLOYER AND AN ANCHOR INSTITUTION IS ESSENTIAL. WE MUST ALSO EXPAND OUR COLLABORATIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE USING EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGIES TO INTERRUPT VIOLENCE AND TO IMPROVE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS TO PREVENT VIOLENCE. > AS A LEVEL 1 TRAUMA CENTER, PENN PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER TREATS OVER 3,000 INJURED PATIENTS ANNUALLY. APPROXIMATELY 33% ARE THE VICTIMS OF INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE. IN ADDITION TO CONTINUING TO PROVIDE THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ACUTE CARE FOR INJURED INDIVIDUALS, THE MISSION OF PENN MEDICINE INCLUDES BOTH SUPPORTING HOLISTIC HEALING OF THOSE INJURED THROUGH VIOLENCE AND PREVENTING VIOLENT INJURY IN THE FIRST PLACE. TO IMPROVE HEALING FROM VIOLENCE PENN MEDICINE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE MENTAL HEALTH CARE READILY AVAILABLE TO SURVIVORS OF VIOLENT INJURY AND TO MEMBERS OF COMMUNITIES DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY VIOLENCE. HOSPITAL-BASED VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAMS (HVIPS) PROVIDE ESSENTIAL RESOURCES TO RECOVERING PATIENTS, BUT OFTEN STRUGGLE TO REACH PATIENTS IN NEED DUE TO LIMITED FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES. PENN MEDICINE CAN DIRECTLY SUPPORT THESE ESSENTIAL SERVICES AND CAN ALSO ADVOCATE FOR SUSTAINABLE SOURCES OF FUNDING AT THE MUNICIPAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL LEVEL. THE NEED TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITIES IS EVIDENT. HOWEVER, WE SHOULD NOT FORGET THAT THE COMMUNITY ALSO INCLUDES THOSE WHO WORK WITHIN PENN MEDICINE. BY ADDING ADDITIONAL LAYERS OF SUPPORT BOTH INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY, WE CAN MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE. > PENN TRAUMA VIOLENCE RECOVERY PROGRAM: THE PENN TRAUMA VIOLENCE RECOVERY PROGRAM AIMS TO ACCELERATE AND OPTIMIZE HOLISTIC RECOVERY FROM VIOLENT INJURY. HOSPITAL-BASED VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAMS ARE MULTIDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN CLINICAL TEAMS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, AND TRAINED VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROFESSIONALS WHO BUILD CONNECTIONS WITH INJURED PATIENTS, PROVIDE PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT, AND HELP PATIENTS NAVIGATE THE HEALTHCARE AND SOCIAL SERVICES LANDSCAPES. TWO DECADES OF EVIDENCE SHOW THAT THESE PROGRAMS CAN IMPROVE OUTCOMES, PREVENT RE-INJURY, AND SAVE COSTS. OUR NEW PROGRAM BEGAN ENROLLING PATIENTS IN AUGUST, 2021, AND HAS BEEN VERY WELL RECEIVED. THIS PROGRAM WORKS TO CONNECT INDIVIDUALS AT RISK FOR INVOLVEMENT WITH VIOLENCE TO KEY RESOURCES AND SUPPORTS. THIS INTERVENTION ALSO HELPS THESE VICTIMS BETTER MANAGE THEIR HEALTH, WORK, HOUSING, AND OTHER BARRIERS. THIS GRANT-FUNDED PROGRAM IS SUPPORTED BY THE PENNSYLVANIA COMMISSION ON CRIME AND DELINQUENCY (PCCD) AND THE PHILADELPHIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH. THE TRAUMA PROGRAM ALSO RECEIVED SMALL GRANTS TO FUND TRAUMA INJURY PREVENTION PROGRAMING WHICH INCLUDED EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ON SAFE GUN HANDLING AND IN SOME CASES PROVIDED GUN LOCKS TO PROMOTE SAFE STORAGE. > PENN COMMUNITY VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM: PRIMARILY GRANT FUNDED BY PCCD, THIS NEW PROGRAM AIMS TO DEVELOP A COLLECTIVE IMPACT PARTNERSHIP TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY-ENGAGED, EVIDENCE-BASED VIOLENCE PREVENTION IN WEST/SOUTHWEST PHILADELPHIA. TO DO THIS, WE WILL CONVENE A NETWORK OF STAKEHOLDERS IN THE PHIGHT NETWORK (PHILADELPHIA'S HUB TO REDUCE INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE, GUN VIOLENCE, HOMICIDE AND TRAUMA) TO PROVIDE WRAP-AROUND SERVICES; IDENTIFY A COHORT OF 40-65 ADULT AND YOUNG ADULTS AT HIGHEST RISK FOR FUTURE INVOLVEMENT IN GUN VIOLENCE FOR FOCUSED INTERVENTION; AND IMPLEMENT AND EVALUATE TRAUMA-INFORMED VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION SERVICES AND TAILORED SUPPORT FROM COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING SHORT AND LONG-TERM CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND TAILORED SUPPORT. THIS IS A COMMUNITY-RELEVANT EXPANSION AND ADAPTATION OF THE GLOBAL CURE VIOLENCE MODEL. |
| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A (CONTINUED) | > STOP THE BLEED: TEACHING COMMUNITY MEMBERS, INCLUDING TEACHERS AND YOUTH, TO ADMINISTER HEMORRHAGE CONTROL. RESIDENTS WITH NO FORMAL TRAINING LEARN TO APPLY PRESSURE TO WOUNDS-AND MAYBE SAVE A LIFE-UNTIL FIRST RESPONDERS ARRIVE. MAKING THESE PROGRAMS, INCLUDING EQUIPMENT FOR EDUCATION AND DISTRIBUTION, MORE READILY AVAILABLE, EVEN EXPANDING INTO SCHOOLS, COULD HELP INCREASE THE SAFETY AND PREPAREDNESS OF UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITIES. IN AUGUST 2022 WE'VE TRAINED NEARLY 200 PARTICIPANTS IN STB AND PROVIDED ABOUT 90% OF STUDENTS WITH STB KITS THROUGH THE ATS OR TOURNIQUETS WE HAVE PURCHASED BY ACQUIRING SMALL NON-SUSTAINABLE GRANTS. FUNDING IS NEEDED TO SUPPORT PROGRAMMATIC EFFORTS IN COLLOCATING BLEEDING CONTROL KITS WITH AEDS. THE PROGRAM IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS' ZERO PREVENTABLE DEATHS AND DISABILITY INITIATIVE, WHICH HAS ESTABLISHED AN AMBITIOUS ROADMAP TO ACHIEVE ZERO PREVENTABLE INJURY DEATHS IN THE UNITED STATES. > PENN INJURY SCIENCE CENTER (PISC): FUNDED BY A GRANT FROM THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, THE PENN INJURY SCIENCE CENTER BRINGS TOGETHER UNIVERSITY, COMMUNITY, AND GOVERNMENT PARTNERS TO DEVELOP INTERVENTION PROGRAMS FOR INJURIES AND VIOLENCE. THE CENTER PROMOTES AND PERFORMS THE HIGHEST-QUALITY RESEARCH, TRAINING, AND TRANSLATION OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES INTO PRACTICE AND POLICY FOR PEOPLE IN PHILADELPHIA AND AROUND THE WORLD. > ADMINISTRATORS FOR PENN MEDICINE CARES GRANT UNDERSTAND THE DEVASTATING IMPACT OF VIOLENCE ON COMMUNITIES. FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022, HIGHEST PRIORITY WAS GIVEN TO PROJECTS THAT AIMED TO CURB VIOLENCE WITHIN PHILADELPHIA. PROJECTS THAT IMPROVED NEIGHBORHOOD REC CENTERS, GREENED VACANT LOTS AND OUTSIDE COMMUNITY SPACES, AND MENTORED AND ENGAGED YOUTH AFTER SCHOOL AND ON WEEKENDS WERE FUNDED. PRIORITY AREAS #10 & #12: HOUSING & NEIGHBORHOOD CONDITIONS SAFE, STABLE HOUSING AND LIVABLE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE INDISPENSABLE TO PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING. ACCORDING TO A 2020 STUDY FROM PEW CHARITABLE TRUSTS, 40 PERCENT OF PHILADELPHIA RESIDENTS REPORTED DIFFICULTY PAYING THEIR MORTGAGE OR RENT. CITYWIDE, 54 PERCENT OF RENTERS ARE COST-BURDENED, MEANING THEY SPEND MORE THAN 30 PERCENT OF THEIR INCOME ON HOUSING. AMONG RESIDENTS EARNING LESS THAN $30,000 PER YEAR, THAT FIGURE JUMPS TO 88 PERCENT, WITH WEST, SOUTHWEST, AND NORTH PHILADELPHIA HAVING PARTICULARLY HIGH RATES OF HOUSING COST BURDEN. FURTHER, ACCESS TO OUTDOOR GREENSPACES AND RECREATION AREAS LIKE PARKS AND TRAILS HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO IMPROVE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH. BUT THESE AMENITIES ARE LESS FAMILIAR IN HIGH-POVERTY AREAS, WHERE ABANDONED HOMES AND VACANT LOTS ARE MORE THE NORM. NEIGHBORHOOD BLIGHT HAS BEEN LINKED TO INCREASED COMMUNITY VIOLENCE, WHICH IN TURN HAS A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AS YOUTH AVOID GOING OUTSIDE TO EXERCISE DUE TO FEARS OF VIOLENCE. WITH ITS WIDE BREADTH OF PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE HOUSING AND MAKE NEIGHBORHOODS MORE LIVABLE, PENN MEDICINE HAS COMMITTED SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE ACROSS THE CITY AND MEET THESE PRESSING AND COMPLEX PROBLEMS HEAD ON. > DEEPLY ROOTED IS A COMMUNITY-ACADEMIC COLLABORATIVE LED BY PENN URBAN HEALTH LAB THAT USES THE HEALING POWER OF NATURE TO PROMOTE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING IN BLACK AND OTHER MINORITY PHILADELPHIA NEIGHBORHOODS. THE COLLABORATION IS FORGED BETWEEN HEALTH SYSTEMS, NON-PROFITS, AND COMMUNITY GROUPS AND IS DRIVEN BY A $6 MILLION INVESTMENT FROM PENN MEDICINE AND CHOP. AMONG ITS FUNCTIONS, DEEPLY ROOTED: -EMPOWERS COMMUNITIES TO CREATE NEW GREEN SPACE INCLUDING PLANTING TREES, GREENING VACANT LOTS, AND BUILDING COMMUNITY GARDENS AND MINI PARKS. -PROVIDES GRANTS TO COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND RESIDENTS TO PUT ON EVENTS AND RUN ACTIVITIES IN PARKS AND OTHER GREENSPACES. -CREATES CAREER DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH, FORMERLY INCARCERATED CITIZENS, AND OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS THROUGH LEADERSHIP AND NATURE-BASED JOB TRAINING. -ADVOCATES FOR POLICIES AND INVESTMENTS THAT PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN PHILADELPHIA'S NEIGHBORHOODS. > CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY (CEET): THE CEET IS A REGIONAL RESOURCE AND THE ONLY ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES CORE CENTER IN PENNSYLVANIA, THOUGH IT ALSO SERVES DELAWARE, MARYLAND, VIRGINIA, WEST VIRGINIA, AND WASHINGTON, DC. THE CENTER WORKS DIRECTLY WITH COMMUNITIES TO IDENTIFY ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS, THEN MOBILIZES ITS RESEARCH EXPERTISE TO RESOLVE THOSE QUESTIONS. ONE COMMON AND IMPORTANT THEME IN THE CENTER'S WORK IS AIR POLLUTION AND LUNG HEALTH. CEET TEAM MEMBERS ARE ALWAYS TAKING ACTION IN THIS AREA. FOR EXAMPLE, THE CENTER WORKED WITH DAY-CARE FACILITIES IN PHILADELPHIA COMMUNITIES TO DECREASE AIR POLLUTION EXPOSURE BY MAPPING THE RELEASES OF AIRBORNE TOXINS WITH AIR MANAGEMENT SERVICES PROFESSIONALS. TO FURTHER CEET IMPACT, PENN MEDICINE'S OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS SUPPORT ADVOCACY EFFORT WITH LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL REGULATORS AND LEGISLATORS. PRIORITY AREA #11: SOCIOECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE PENN MEDICINE RECOGNIZES THAT PEOPLE LIVING AT OR NEAR THE POVERTY LINE FACE POOR HEALTH OUTCOMES. POVERTY RATES ARE NEARLY FOUR TIMES HIGHER IN PHILADELPHIA THAN ITS NEIGHBORING SUBURBS, ALTHOUGH POCKETS OF POVERTY EXIST ACROSS ALL FIVE COUNTIES IN THE PENN MEDICINE SERVICE AREA. RATES IN WEST AND SOUTHWEST PHILADELPHIA, WHICH COMPRISE PENN MEDICINE'S PRIMARY SERVICE AREA, ARE 32.8% AND 29.6% RESPECTIVELY - SIGNIFICANTLY EVEN HIGHER THAN THE CITY'S 23.1%. AS A LEADING EMPLOYER AND ACADEMIC MEDICAL AND RESEARCH INSTITUTION, PENN MEDICINE IS COMMITTED TO ELIMINATING ECONOMIC INJUSTICE AND INEQUITY ACROSS OUR ORGANIZATION AND THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE THROUGH EDUCATION, SUSTAINABLE EMPLOYMENT, ECONOMIC INCLUSION, AND EFFICIENT PATHWAYS TO RESOURCES. > BRIDGING THE GAPS (BTG) LINKS THE PROVISION OF HEALTH-RELATED SERVICE FOR UNDER-RESOURCES COMMUNITIES WITH THE INTER-PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICE PROFESSIONALS. STARTING AT PENN IN 1991, WITHIN 5 YEARS BTG INCLUDED ALL OF PHILADELPHIA ACADEMIC HEALTH CENTERS AND HAS SINCE BEEN ADOPTED AS A PROGRAM MODEL IN ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA AND IN NEW JERSEY. FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021, 161 HEALTH SERVICE STUDENTS PROVIDED 3,972 DAYS OF SERVICE TO OVER 78 COMMUNITY-BASED PROJECTS. > DROSOPHILA IS A HIGH SCHOOL-LEVEL, CLASSROOM-BASED NEUROSCIENCE PROGRAM DEVELOPED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BASHAW LAB AT PENN MEDICINE. STUDENTS GO THROUGH A RANGE OF EXPERIMENTS, INCLUDING FLIES ON ICE, WHICH USES THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD AND NEUROSCIENCE PRINCIPLES TO STUDY THE EFFECTS OF COLD TEMPERATURES ON FRUIT FLIES. FIVE PENN MEDICINE LAB MEMBERS COLLECTIVELY VOLUNTEERED NEARLY 100 HOURS OF TIME. LAST YEAR, DROSOPHILA WAS TAUGHT TO 620 STUDENTS AT FOUR SCHOOLS IN THE REGION. > PATHWAY PROGRAM ASSOCIATES: IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PENN'S NETTER CENTER FOR COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, THE WEST PHILADELPHIA SKILLS INITIATIVE (WPSI), AND JEVS HUMAN SERVICES, THE NEW PENN MEDICINE PATHWAYS PROGRAM CREATED WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES WITH A FOCUS ON RECENT HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES. PENN MEDICINE HAS IDENTIFIED FULL-TIME ROLES WITHIN ITS SYSTEM WHERE ASSOCIATES CAN GAIN EMPLOYMENT, RECEIVE CAREER TRAINING, DEVELOP A CAREER PATHWAY, AND ENJOY COMPREHENSIVE BENEFITS PACKAGES. THE PROGRAM LAUNCHED IN SUMMER 2022. > PATHWAYS TO PROMOTION: FACILITATING CAREER ADVANCEMENT FOR INTERNAL FRONTLINE STAFF WHILE WORKING TO IMPROVE DIVERSITY IN SUPERVISORY AND MANAGEMENT ROLES. TO DATE, THE PROGRAM'S FIRST COHORT HAS COLLECTIVELY RECEIVED 15 OFFERS FOR ADVANCEMENT. A TOTAL OF 25 EMPLOYEES ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE SECOND COHORT, WHICH BEGAN IN SPRING 2022. > PENN FUTURES: IDENTIFYING PENN MEDICINE EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE HIGH POTENTIAL BUT ARE NOT CURRENTLY IN A MANAGEMENT OR SUPERVISORY ROLE. THE PROGRAM GUIDES PARTICIPANTS TO IDENTIFY STRENGTHS AND PLAN THEIR OWN CAREER DEVELOPMENT. > HUP GATEWAY PROGRAM: NEW-TO-PRACTICE NURSES HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE PAID WHILE PARTICIPATING IN AN ACCELERATED, IMMERSIVE CLINICAL EXPERIENCE THAT PREPARES THEM FOR HIGHER-LEVEL SURGICAL AND CRITICAL CARE NURSING ROLES. > PROJECT QUAKER: A PARTNERSHIP WITH WEST PHILADELPHIA SKILLS INITIATIVE (WPSI) DESIGNED TO PREPARE INDIVIDUALS FOR LAB ASSISTANT ROLES. TO DATE, 50 PROJECT ALUMS HAVE ENTERED LAB ASSISTANT POSITIONS. > PENN PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER STERILE PROCESSING CANDIDATE PIPELINE: STARTING IN 2018, THIS MEDICAL CENTER HAS WORKED WITH THE JAMES INSTITUTE FOR LEARNING AND CENTRAL SOURCE TO DEVELOP AND PLACE STUDENTS IN JOBS IN THE STERILE PROCESSING FIELD. STUDENTS RECEIVE THE INSTRUCTION AND INTERNSHIPS NEEDED TO BECOME A CERTIFIED REGISTERED CENTRAL SERVICE TECHNICIAN (CRCST), AS WELL AS HANDS-ON EXPERIENCES IN A BUSY HEALTH CARE ENVIRONMENT. TO DATE, THE PROGRAM HAS HOSTED 30 STUDENTS. |
| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A (CONTINUED) | > PENN ASSIST: PENN MEDICINE WAS A PARTNER IN TRAINING PHILADELPHIA HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES FOR CAREERS IN THE BUILDING TRADES BY EXPOSING GRADUATES TO SOME OF THE REGION'S MOST VISIONARY BUILDING PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE STATE-OF-THE-ART HUP PAVILION. > PENN ACADEMY FOR REPRODUCTIVE SCIENCE (PARS) IS A WORKSHOP FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS LED BY CLINICIANS, SCIENTISTS, AND MEDICAL STUDENTS. THE FREE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED FOR STUDENTS INTERESTED IN HEALTH CARE AND MEDICINE, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON REPRODUCTIVE SCIENCE. THE ACADEMY RUNS TWICE PER YEAR FOR FOUR CONSECUTIVE SATURDAYS AND INVOLVES HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES SUCH AS THE IN-VITRO FERTILIZATION OF A MOUSE EGG. THE PROGRAM ALSO OFFERS SESSIONS DEDICATED TO COLLEGE APPLICATIONS, RESUMES, AND NETWORKING. SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 2010, PARS HAS EDUCATED 262 STUDENTS FROM ACROSS THE PHILADELPHIA AREA. > PENN ACADEMY FOR SKIN HEALTH (PASH) IS A FREE PROGRAM OFFERED TO PHILADELPHIA PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS INTERESTED IN A CAREER IN DERMATOLOGY. OVER FOUR SATURDAYS, PASH TEACHES STUDENTS ABOUT THE SCIENCE BEHIND THEIR SKIN. SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 2017, PASH HAS EDUCATED 69 STUDENTS. > OFFICE OF OUTREACH, EDUCATION AND RESEARCH: THIS OFFICE WAS CREATED TO HELP PARS AND PASH ALUMNAE CONTINUE THEIR STEM CAREER PATHS THROUGH ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTION AND EVEN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. IN 2022 ALONE, PENN MEDICINE HIRED 25 ALUMNAE AS TEMPORARY RESEARCHERS. ALL STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM WORK SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH PENN MEDICINE RESEARCHERS AND PARTICIPATE IN PRODUCING JOURNAL ARTICLES AND CASE STUDIES, AMONG OTHER ACTIVITIES. > RISING SCHOLAR SUCCESS ACADEMY IS A SERIES OF FREE, VIRTUAL POSTSECONDARY PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO PREPARE PHILADELPHIA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FOR EDUCATIONAL AND CAREER PATHWAYS IN A POST-PANDEMIC WORLD. FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW, PENN MEDICINE DEVELOPED AND HOSTED A WEEK OF EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES CALLED "FROM THE BENCH TO THE BEDSIDE." FROM JULY 18-22, 150 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS LEARNED ABOUT CAREERS IN RESEARCH AND MEDICINE. > AS PART OF PENN'S ECONOMIC INCLUSION INITIATIVES, THE PENN MEDICINE CAMPUSES CONTINUE TO FIND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS. OPPORTUNITIES COVER VARIOUS EMPLOYMENT TYPES, FROM CONSTRUCTION TO PROCUREMENT OF GOODS AND SERVICES. SINCE 2019, PENN MEDICINE HAS DIRECTED MORE THAN $119 MILLION IN CONTRACTING TO MINORITY-, WOMAN-, AND DISABLED-OWNED BUSINESSES. > VENDOR FRIDAYS: LAUNCHED IN FEBRUARY, THIS HUP EVENT SERIES FEATURES LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES. MANY PARTICIPANTS COME FROM THE DORRANCE H. HAMILTON CENTER FOR CULINARY ENTERPRISES AT THE ENTERPRISE CENTER, A LONGSTANDING MINORITY BUSINESS ACCELERATOR IN WEST PHILADELPHIA. > PENN MEDICINE COMMUNITY EVENTS CALENDARS: THIS TOOL LINKS VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES WITH PENN MEDICINE EMPLOYEES SEEKING TO DONATE THEIR TIME OR OTHER SUPPORT TO CHARITABLE EFFORTS OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL WALLS. IN FISCAL 2022, THE CALENDAR FEATURED 64 EVENTS REPRESENTING 342 EMPLOYEES VOLUNTEERING OVER 1,000 HOURS OF VOLUNTEER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA. > COMMUNITY RESOURCE CONNECTS: WHEN PENNCHART'S HEALTH SCREENER IDENTIFIES SOMEONE WITH POTENTIALLY UNMET SOCIAL NEEDS, PENN MEDICINE TAKES ACTION, WORKING WITH HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, THE PHILADELPHIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, AND ENTITIES LIKE FIND HELP, A CLOSED-LOOP REFERRAL NETWORK FOR SOCIAL SERVICES. PENN MEDICINE PROVIDERS AND STAFF CAN THEN CONNECT THE PATIENT WITH RESOURCES THAT CAN HELP THEM AFTER THEY LEAVE THE HOSPITAL. > REGIONAL HEALTH EQUITY DASHBOARD: THIS WEB-BASED TOOL CENTRALIZES AND BENCHMARKS CRITICAL METRICS ACROSS KEY HEALTH CARE NEED AREAS SUCH AS MATERNAL AND INFANT MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY, CANCER SCREENING AND PREVENTION, ACCESS TO SPECIALTY CARE, AND SOCIOECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE, HELPING TO INFORM A WIDE VARIETY OF PROJECTS AND INQUIRIES. THE COUNTY HOSPITALS OF UPHS ALSO CONDUCTED CHNAS FOR THEIR SPECIFIC SERVICE AREAS AND LIKEWISE, CREATED THEIR OWN CHIPS SHOWING INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS TO ASSIST IN MEETING THE MOST PRESSING NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITIES. THESE REPORTS CAN BE FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING LINKS: HTTPS://WWW.PRINCETONHCS.ORG/COMMUNITY HTTPS://WWW.CHESTERCOUNTYHOSPITAL.ORG/ABOUT/COMMUNITY-HEALTH-NEEDS -ASSESSMENT HTTPS://WWW.LANCASTERGENERALHEALTH.ORG/ABOUT-LANCASTER-GENERAL-HEALTH /CARING-FOR-OUR-COMMUNITY/NEEDS-ASSESSMENT-AND-IMPROVEMENT-PLAN/COMMUNITY- IMPROVEMENT-DASHBOARDS |
| FORM 990, PART V, LINE 1A | DETAIL OF FORMS 1099 FILINGS THIS ORGANIZATION IS AN AFFILIATE OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ("TRUSTEES"). THE FORMS 1099 DISTRIBUTED AS PART OF THIS ENTITY'S ACTIVITIES ARE DONE SO THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM AND CONSOLIDATED WITH THE TRUSTEES. ------------------------------ |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11 | FORM 990 REVIEW PROCESS INFORMATION RELATED TO THIS ORGANIZATION'S FORM 990 FILING IS GATHERED BY FINANCE STAFF AND PROVIDED TO PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP FOR REVIEW AND RETURN PREPARATION. A DRAFT COPY OF THE 2021 FORM 990 WAS REVIEWED BY VARIOUS SENIOR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS BEFORE IT WAS SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD FOR THEIR REVIEW. A COPY OF THE FINAL 2021 FORM 990 WAS THEN MADE AVAILABLE TO EACH BOARD MEMBER PRIOR TO THE FILING DEADLINE. ------------------------------ |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 12C | CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY THIS ORGANIZATION IS AN AFFILIATE OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ("UNIVERSITY"). EACH COVERED PERSON* ANNUALLY SHALL COMPLETE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST QUESTIONNAIRE PROVIDED BY THE UNIVERSITY AND SHALL UPDATE SUCH QUESTIONNAIRE PROMPTLY AS NECESSARY TO REFLECT CHANGES DURING THE COURSE OF THE YEAR. FORMER BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE NOT TRUSTEE EMERITI ARE ENCOURAGED BUT NOT REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE QUESTIONNAIRE DURING THE FIVE-YEAR PERIOD FOLLOWING COMPLETION OF THEIR TERMS. COMPLETED QUESTIONNAIRES SHALL BE RETURNED TO THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY AND SHALL BE SUBJECT TO REVIEW BY SUCH OFFICE AND THE OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL, AS WELL AS BY ANY OUTSIDE LEGAL COUNSEL AND/OR AUDITORS WHO MAY BE APPOINTED TO ADVISE THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPOINTED TO OVERSEE THIS POLICY. COMPLETED QUESTIONNAIRES ALSO SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION BY ANY BOARD MEMBER. *COVERED PERSONS INCLUDE: (1) VOTING MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES (INCLUDING CHARTER TRUSTEES, TERM TRUSTEES, ALUMNI TRUSTEES, AND COMMONWEALTH TRUSTEES); (2) TRUSTEE EMERITI WHO HAVE SERVED IN THAT CAPACITY FOR FIVE YEARS OR LESS; (3) OTHER FORMER VOTING TRUSTEES FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE END OF THEIR TERM AS SUCH; (4) OFFICERS AS DEFINED IN THE STATUTES; AND (5) MEMBERS OF THE INVESTMENT BOARD. EACH COVERED PERSON (EXCEPT FORMER BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE NOT TRUSTEE EMERITI) SHALL BE REQUIRED TO ACKNOWLEDGE, NOT LESS THAN ANNUALLY, THAT HE OR SHE HAS READ AND IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THIS POLICY. ------------------------------ |
| FORM 990 PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 | COMPENSATION PROCESS THIS ORGANIZATION IS AN AFFILIATE OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ("UNIVERSITY"). COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENTS INVOLVING ANY OF OUR OFFICERS AND/OR KEY EMPLOYEES ARE ESTABLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY PURSUANT TO A PROCESS THAT SATISFIES THE REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION PROCEDURE AVAILABLE FOR SECTION 4958 EXCESS BENEFIT TRANSACTION TAX PURPOSES (WHICH REQUIRES A REVIEW OF COMPENSATION DETERMINATIONS BY DISINTERESTED PERSONS, USE OF APPROPRIATE COMPARABILITY DATA, AND CONTEMPORANEOUS DOCUMENTATION OF THE PROCESS). ------------------------------ |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 | DOCUMENTS AVAILABILITY TO PUBLIC OUR FORMS 1023 AND 990, GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. ------------------------------ |
| FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9 | DETAIL OF OTHER CHANGES IN NET ASSETS NET UNREALIZED INC. IN NET ASSETS $(6,823,298) TRANSFER TO CHCA-NJ PPMC DIVISIONS (5,371,465) TRANSFER FROM PENN CARE & HOME 15,985,493 TRANSFER/OTHER ADJUSTMENTS (1,046,183) ----------- TOTAL OTHER CHANGES IN NET ASSETS $2,744,547 |
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