News All News
The Role of For-Profit Hospitals in Patient Care
Source: The Record, February 3, 2012
Mark Pauly weighs in on an article discussing the effects of for-profit hospitals on the quality of health care. He offers that even though people…
Companies Examine Health Care Incentives to Influence Employee Behaviors
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 27, 2012
Harald Schmidt was interviewed about the empirical evidence behind employee heath care incentive programs. He stressed that finding out what works and what does not…
Penn Medical Students Work to Reduce Health Disparities
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, December 29, 2011
Every two weeks or so, a group of Penn Medical students, including CHIBE Trainee Kenji Taylor, who is mentored by CHIBE faculty member and Roybal Investigator…
ICU Clinician Perspective on Treatment Level Has Value
Sources: Los Angeles Times, Booster Shots Blog, December 27, 2011; The Atlantic, December 29, 2011; MedPage Today, December 28, 2011
Scott Halpern wrote in his JAMA editorial that,…
Kessler Recognized for Work on Organ Donation and Charitable Giving
Source: Forbes, December 19, 2011
Judd Kessler was selected by Forbes as one of 30 under 30-year-olds who are making their mark in the world of law and policy. Forbes chose…
Ongoing Research All Research
Using Implementation Intentions Prompts to Enhance Influenza Vaccination Rates
Principal Investigator: Milkman
The purpose of this study was to test the association between behavioral nudges and rate of flu shot vaccination among older employees at a large firm. The results were published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences June 13, 2011. The researchers found that those who received a reminder mailing and were prompted to write down the date and time they planned to get a flu shot had a 4.2 percentage point higher vaccination rate than those who just received a reminder in the mail.
Funder: Roybal Center for Behavior Change in Health and Savings at the National Bureau of Economic Research
New York State Medicaid Incentives for the Prevention of Chronic Disease Demonstration Project
Principal Investigator: Volpp
CHIBE is collaborating with the New York State Health Department to design, implement and evaluate multiple financial incentive interventions to reduce smoking, improve diabetes management and blood pressure control in the state's Medicaid population. This is one of 10 demonstration projects in states across the U.S. being funded under a mandate in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Funder: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Making Calories Count: Information Format and Food Choice
Principal Investigators: Downs / Loewenstein
This pilot study involves a cross-sectional test of the impact of calorie labeling and a heuristic cue on customers' choice of lunch item on-site at a chain restaurant, as well as a cohort study which assesses lunch item choices over time based on real-time nutritional feedback.
Funder: National Institute on Aging
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Your Big Idea: Penn Medicine's Innovation Tournament
Wharton Decision Processes Colloquium
Health Services Research Work In Progress Seminar
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