Combining heart failure education with real-time communication tools can better equip home health aides (HHAs) to care for adults with heart failure in the home, according to a pilot randomized clinical trial conducted by researchers in the Division of General Internal Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine and VNS Health, one of the largest home care agencies in the United States, located in New York City. The study, published in JAMA Network Open, was funded by National Heart, Lung, and Blood...
Although the material damage from 2012's Hurricane Sandy may have been repaired, the storm left a lasting impact on cardiovascular health, according to new findings from Weill Cornell Medicine and New York University researchers.The study, published Sept. 3 in JAMA Network Open, found that older adults living in flood-hit areas in New Jersey faced a 5% higher risk of heart disease for up to five years after Sandy’s landfall. This is one of the first studies to rigorously quantify long...
Home health care aides face significantly higher rates of arthritis and functional disability compared to health care aides working in hospitals or long-term care facilities, according to researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). The recent study, published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, raises critical concerns about how the demands of home care work are affecting the health of caregivers, especially...
Dr. Alexandra King, Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine, recently shared revised innovative screening guidelines for women’s health, including cervical cancer, breast cancer, bacterial vaginosis (BV) and menopause, incorporating the latest research and updates from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) to improve care for women at every stage of life.Cervical CancerFor cervical cancer,...
Dr. Madeline Sterling, Associate Professor of Medicine and Dr. Lisa Kern, Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine, emphasized in a recent viewpoint the importance of integrating home health care into the learning health system (LHS) to strengthen care delivered to patients with heart failure. Though LHS gathers data throughout the entire care process and leverages it to optimize treatments in real time, integration with home health care services remains...
The Hospital Medicine Clinical Scholars Program (CSP) in the Division of General Internal Medicine, a renowned faculty-led initiative with an outstanding 97% retention rate, is excited to welcome its largest-ever cohort for 2025-2026, with 11 new clinical scholars joining the program.Recently highlighted during a Medicine Grand Rounds, Dr. Alice Tang, Assistant Chief for Hospital Medicine Education, Co-...
The Division of General Internal Medicine’s 8th Annual Primary Care and Hospital Medicine Innovations Symposium opened with a call to action: the pursuit and defense of scientific knowledge is more important than ever. Dr. Robert A. Harrington, the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean and Dr. Myles Wolf, Chair of Medicine, delivered opening remarks that underscored the importance of innovation in...
Dr. Arnab Ghosh, assistant professor of medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine, has been selected as an Emerging Leader in Health and Medicine Scholar. The program, part of the National Academy of Medicine, provides opportunities for future health care leaders to collaborate with its members and the other selected Scholars, address persistent challenges and drive transformative change.“Dr. Ghosh's multi-faceted expertise as a clinician, social scientist and policy-...
During the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Alexandra Huttle, Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics in the Department of Pediatrics and an Instructor of Medicine in the Weill Department of Medicine, saw a striking number of her young patients presenting suicidal ideation (SI), notably three cases of recent suicide attempts (SA) by children under the age of 12 in a single week. Dr. Huttle was halfway through her pediatrics...
The Annual Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (QIPS) Poster Symposium took place on May 21, 2025, at the Griffis Faculty Club. The event has brought together institutional leaders, clinicians, researchers and staff across all disciplines to celebrate the impactful and collaborative advancements in patient care for over a decadeThis year’s symposium was supported through the co-sponsorship of the Quality...
