Improving the delivery and quality of care for health care leaders

Behavioral economics tools can help improve care for patients, streamline processes for clinicians, and save money.

Our research can help you.

Our researchers have demonstrated how behavioral science can be used to improve health outcomes. Changes in the electronic health record at Penn Medicine helped increase vaccinations, decrease patients’ length of stay in the hospital, and increase referral rates for cardiac rehabilitation, for example.

Research areas that may interest you…

two women clinicians document information on a medical form

Clinician Behavior

young woman of color testing glucose level with continuous glucose monitor

Chronic Disease Management

Close up of a hand touching smartwatch with health app on the screen, promoting the use of technology for fitness active lifestyle

Digital Health & Technology

health provider gently holds the hand of an elderly man of color

End-of-Life Decisions

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And we have the proof.

In one case, a simple change to the electronic health record default choice from brand-name prescriptions to generics increased generic prescriptions overnight from about 75% to 98%, saving millions of dollars annually for Penn Medicine.