The grants, dubbed 2024 Clinical Care Innovation Grants, were given to local health systems to fund initiatives to enhance the quality and delivery of healthcare services, according to a Jan. 8 news release from Temple.
The four projects selected for grants include:
- Temple Health’s project that aims to improve the accessibility of fair and equitable cancer care.
- Jefferson Health’s project that introduces widespread screening for opioid use disorder and offers patients the chance to participate in telemedicine-based medication for opioid use disorder.
- Penn Medicine’s project that aims to enhance maternal morbidity and mortality outcomes among high-risk individuals from Black, Indigenous, and people of color communities with diabetes who test positive for food insecurity.
- Penn Medicine’s project, which uses a patient-centered texting program, UroTrust, to empower patients in managing recurrent urinary tract infections at home.
