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July 5, 2023, CHICAGO and SEOUL, Kor. — MATTER, the premier healthcare incubator and innovation hub, in collaboration with the Korea SMEs and Startups Agency (KOSME), has launched the third annual Korean SME U.S. Market Adoption Program to prepare a cohort of Korean healthcare companies for U.S. market success. This year, select entrepreneurs from the program will have the opportunity to validate their solutions at the University of Chicago Medicine. Over the past two years, MATTER and KOSME have partnered to help 10 small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) launch in the U.S., helping them navigate the nuances of ...

The Center for Healthcare Delivery Science and Innovation (HDSI) is delighted to announce that Kim Erwin, MDes, Associate Professor of Practice of Healthcare Design at the IIT Institute of Design (Illinois Tech) has been named visiting scholar in Human-Centered Design in HDSI at the University of Chicago Medicine. This unique engagement is optimized to accelerate the understanding of human-centered healthcare design; to mentor staff, trainees and faculty; and to build capacity in the application of human-centered design (HCD) and design methods to improve health system operations, patient safety, patient outcomes, and patient care delivery. Human-centered design is a problem-solving ...

UChicago Medicine’s Building Trust & Choosing Wisely™ has been recognized nationally by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM): Building Trust within your Organization - Webinar with Micah T. Prochaska, MD MSc , leader of UChicago Medicine Building Trust and Choosing Wisely™ Challenge ABIM published Case Study on UChicago Medicine  ABIM Blog Post Building Trust at UChicago Medicine

With his understanding of how members of minority populations were being disproportionately, Rojas began to wonder how, if at all, state governments planned to ensure these disparities would be addressed when COVID-19 vaccines were rolled out to the public.

University of Chicago Medicine investigators and colleagues found that lifting FDA restrictions on mifepristone to allow pharmacy dispensing could normalize medication abortion, facilitate its use in primary care facilities, and address disparities in reproductive health access.

A recent study led by David Meltzer, MD, Chief of Hospital Medicine at UChicago Medicine, suggests high vitamin D levels may protect against COVID-19, especially for Black people.

The results of two studies published in JAMA indicate that real-time continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) benefits people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes on a range of insulin regimens and from a wide variety of backgrounds.

A recent study led by Sachin Shah, MD, Associate Chief Medical Information Officer at UChicago Medicine, recommends policy changes to support virtual visits, including insurance reimbursement and universal broadband access.

New research led by Neda Laiteerapong, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine at the University Chicago Medicine, indicates the real value of adding medical scribes to a medical practice.

A collaborative project led by RTI International in partnership with UChicago Medicine and Vanderbilt University Medical Center is working to develop, implement, and evaluate electronic tools to promote shared decision-making between patients and providers for managing chronic pain.

Vivek Prachand, MD and colleagues developed the Medically Necessary, Time-Sensitive System (MENTS) rubric to guide decision-making during the COVID-19 pandemic.

University of Chicago Medicine infectious diseases expert Dr. Emily Landon spoke during the Illinois governor’s COVID-19 press conference on May 19, 2020. Hear her explain why wearing masks in public is crucial to our safety and success as the state prepares to enter the next phase of reopening and recovery.

As daily life undergoes rapid changes in response to the coronavirus outbreak and the death and infection total climb, a Chicago epidemiologist is drawing praise for her comments at a Friday news conference that outlined with clarity and urgency how seemingly small sacrifices today will prevent deaths of loved ones and strangers next week.

A cross-campus collaboration rooted in UChicago research has given rise to a thriving women-led tech startup and a new vision for re imagining health care in the US.

Dr. Arora is an academic hospitalist and medical educator who specializes in improving the learning environment for medical trainees and the quality, safety and experience of care delivered to hospitalized adults.

Health team and partners use online referral tool to address economic and social conditions that can influence well-being. New partnerships with companies such as NowPow allows providers to take a more holistic approach to care.

Michael O’Connor, MD, recently earned the Burchardi Award from the Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologist and the Society of Critical Care Medicine’s Anesthesiology Section for his well-revered leadership and work with both patients and colleagues.

The University of Chicago Medicine is joining the Cochrane U.S. Network, a group of 11 centers promoting evidence-based decision making in health care.

Machine learning is providing increasingly sophisticated decision support and population-level monitoring, and it should encode principles of justice to ensure that models benefit all patients.

A new study was published resulting from a collaboration between UChicago Medicine, Google, the University of California-San Francisco, and Stanford University looking at how new machine-learning and predictive models could improve care.

The Center for Healthcare Delivery Science & Innovation (HDSI) and Graduate Medical Education program launched their own Choosing Wisely^™ challenge. Choosing Wisely is a campaign aimed at reducing waste in the health care system and avoiding risks associated with unnecessary treatment.