What specific actions are we pursuing to improve patient care---while reducing the overall cost of our care delivery model?

Patrick J. Brennan, MD
Chief Medical Officer and Sr Vice President, University of Pennsylvania Health System; Professor, Department of Medicine

Over the past several years, we have been guided by our Blueprint for Quality & Patient Safety as we continue to to improve patient outcomes across Penn Medicine. The actions we have taken are based upon the following imperatives:

Why is the Perelman School of Medicine budget so tightly aligned with the financial performance of the Health System?

Peter D. Quinn, DMD, MD
Vice Dean for Professional Services, SOM & SVP for CPUP; Professor, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery & Pharmacology

Clinical revenues support our other missions. While we have additional sources of funding that includes: tuition & fees, philanthropy, endowments, federal/state funding and research grants---these sources only contributed

What plans do we have to advance Penn Medicine in FY 14 and beyond? How we will afford to fund these new initiatives?

J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD
Executive Vice President, University of Pennsylvania for the Health System;
Dean, Perelman School of Medicine

Over the past year we have engaged numerous faculty and staff through an inclusive process to develop a five year strategic plan. Our strategic plan for Penn Medicine is to

Given the challenging external environment, what is Penn Medicine doing to ensure our future success?

Ralph W. Muller
Chief Executive
Officer, UPHS

Over the last decade, Penn Medicine has made numerous investments in people, facilities, and patient care that have strengthened our commitment to our

Is it true that we are exploring an on-campus child care center for Penn Medicine faculty and staff?

Judy Schueler
Vice President, Organization Development;
Chief Human Resources Officer, UPHS

As part of the Dean’s strategic planning process, a recommendation was made to conduct a feasibility study for providing a child care service on or near the medical campus.

If inpatient admissions are declining, why are we making plans to build an inpatient bed tower on the Penn Tower site?

Kevin B. Mahoney
Vice Dean for Integrative Services; SVP & Chief Administrative Officer;
Exec. Dir., Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine; Associate Senior Exec., CCA

Hospitals need to renew their facilities on an ongoing, periodic basis to maintain the quality of patient care, keep pace with modern technology and improve the cost to operate the buildings. The newest inpatient beds at HUP are 20 years old

We have been hearing about the impact of health care reform and sequestration on academic medical centers---how are these conditions impacting Penn Medicine?

Keith Kasper
SVP and Chief Financial Officer, UPHS

There is no question—we are in a ‘squeeze play’ in health care. Like other academic medical centers, Penn Medicine is faced with projected cuts in funding, as detailed below:

Given our financial restraints, how are we able to afford building a new educational facility for the Perelman School of Medicine?

Gail Morrison, MD
Senior Vice Dean for Education
Director of Academic Programs
Professor of Medicine
Perelman School of Medicine

The new medical education center to be constructed atop of the South Pavilion expansion of the Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine is partially funded through philanthropy.

If we are so concerned about our finances---why do we continue to have major capital expansion at all three hospital campuses?

Kevin B. Mahoney
Vice Dean for Integrative Services; SVP & Chief Administrative Officer;
Exec. Dir., Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine; Associate Senior Exec., CCA

Our future is dependent upon making careful choices about growing our business to secure a brighter future.  We cannot

As a member of the Penn Medicine community, what can I do to help support our efforts in securing a strong financial position now and in the future?

Peter Quinn, DMD, MD
Vice Dean for Professional Services, SOM & SVP for CPUP; Professor, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery & Pharmacology

We need each member of the Penn Medicine Community to help us in this effort in accordance with the following guiding principles: