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Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics (CHIBE)
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Publications

Take a look at CHIBE’s publications, which are helping advance the science of using behavioral economics to improve health and leading to discoveries around how our minds work.

Sequential choice vs colonoscopy outreach for colorectal cancer screening: Design and rationale of a pragmatic randomized clinical trial

Contemporary Clinical Trials
January 12, 2026
Shivan J. Mehta, Pamela A. Shaw, Catherine Reitz, Caitlin Brophy, Evelyn Okorie, Keyirah Williams, Abraham Segura, Jinming Tao, Christopher K. Snider, Colin Wollack, Sadie Friday, Katharine A. Rendle, Tamar Klaiman, Karen Glanz, Corinne Rhodes, David A. Asch

Payments to Physician Practices and Incentives to Serve Different Racial and Ethnic Groups

JAMA Health Forum
November 26, 2025
Aaron L Schwartz, David A Asch, Rachel M Werner

Behavioral Interventions Improve Mailed Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Overdue Patients in a Randomized Trial

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
September 20, 2025
Shivan J Mehta, Pranay Nadella, Pamela A Shaw, Catherine Reitz, Caitlin Brophy, Evelyn Okorie, Keyirah Williams, Christopher K Snider, MaryAnne K Peifer, Corinne Rhodes, David A Asch

Automated Text Message–Based Program and Use of Acute Health Care Resources After Hospital Discharge

JAMA Network Open
May 5, 2025
Eric Bressman, MD, MSHP; Judith A. Long, MD; Robert E. Burke, MD, MS; Aiden Ahn, BA; Katherine Honig, BA; Jarcy Zee, PhD; Nancy McGlaughlin, RN, MSN; Mohan Balachandran, MA, MS; David A. Asch, MD, MBA; Anna U. Morgan, MD, MSc, MSHP

Leveraging principles of behavioural economics to encourage patient engagement with population health screening programmes

BMJ Open Quality
March 21, 2025
Eric Bressman, Alexander Fanaroff, Katy Mahraj, Laurie Norton, Samantha Coratti, David Farraday, Carolina Garzon Mrad, Mikael Avery, Ayisha Arshad, Aileen John, David A Asch, Kevin G Volpp

Design and Rationale of Penn Medicine Healthy Heart, a Randomized Trial of Effectiveness of a Centrally Organized Approach to Blood Pressure and Cholesterol Improvement Among Patients at Elevated Risk of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease

American Heart Journal
September 27, 2024
Kevin G Volpp, K Mahraj, LA Norton, DA Asch, K Glanz, SJ Mehta, M Balasta, W Kellum, J Wood, LB Russell, AC Fanaroff, S Bakshi, D Jacoby, JB Cohen, MJ Press, K Clark, J Zhu, C Rareside, LE Ashcraft, C Snider, ME Putt

Skepticism Calibration Disorder—The New Public Health Crisis

JAMA Network Open
September 4, 2024
David A. Asch, MD

Efficacy of a Mobile App-Based Intervention for Young Adults With Anxiety Disorders: A Randomized Clinical Trial

JAMA Network
August 1, 2024
Jennifer N Bress, Avital Falk, Maddy M Schier, Abhishek Jaywant, Elizabeth Moroney, Monika Dargis, Shannon M Bennett, Matthew A Scult, Kevin G Volpp, David A Asch, Mohan Balachandran, Roy H Perlis, Francis S Lee, Faith M Gunning

Clinician- and Patient-Directed Communication Strategies for Patients With Cancer at High Mortality Risk: A Cluster Randomized Trial

JAMA Network
July 1, 2024
Samuel U. Takvorian, Peter Gabriel, E. Paul Wileyto, Daniel Blumenthal, Sharon Tejada, Alicia B. W. Clifton, David A. Asch, Alison M. Buttenheim, Katharine A. Rendle, Rachel C. Shelton, Krisda H. Chaiyachati, Oluwadamilola M. Fayanju, Susan Ware, Lynn M. Schuchter, Pallavi Kumar, Tasnim Salam, Adina Lieberman, Daniel Ragusano, Anna-Marika Bauer, Callie A. Scott, Lawrence N. Shulman, Robert Schnoll, Rinad S. Beidas, Justin E. Bekelman, Ravi B. Parikh

Clinician- and Patient-Directed Communication Strategies for Patients With Cancer at High Mortality Risk

JAMA Network Open
July 1, 2024
Samuel U. Takvorian, MD, MSHP; Peter Gabriel, MD, MSE; E. Paul Wileyto, PhD; Daniel Blumenthal, BA; Sharon Tejada, MS; Alicia B. W. Clifton, MDP; David A. Asch, MD, MBA; Alison M. Buttenheim, PhD, MBA; Katharine A. Rendle, PhD, MSW, MPH; Rachel C. Shelton, ScD, MPH; Krisda H. Chaiyachati, MD, MPH, MSHP; Oluwadamilola M. Fayanju, MD, MA, MPHS; Susan Ware, BS; Lynn M. Schuchter, MD; Pallavi Kumar, MD, MPH; Tasnim Salam, MBE, MPH; Adina Lieberman, MPH; Daniel Ragusano, MPH; Anna-Marika Bauer, MRA; Callie A. Scott, MSc; Lawrence N. Shulman, MD; Robert Schnoll, PhD; Rinad S. Beidas, PhD; Justin E. Bekelman, MD; Ravi B. Parikh, MD, MPP

Remote Blood Pressure Monitoring With Social Support for Patients With Hypertension: A Randomized Clinical Trial

JAMA Network Open
June 3, 2024
Shivan J Mehta, Kevin G Volpp, Andrea B Troxel, Joseph Teel, Catherine R Reitz, Alison Purcell, Humphrey Shen, Kiernan McNelis, Christopher K Snider, David A Asch

Digital Engagement Strategy and Health Care Worker Mental Health: A Randomized Clinical Trial

JAMA Network
May 24, 2024
Anish K Agarwal, Lauren Southwick, Rachel E Gonzales, Lisa M Bellini, David A Asch, Judy A Shea, Nandita Mitra, Lin Yang, Michael Josephs, Michael Kopinksy, Rachel Kishton, Mohan Balachandran, Courtney Benjamin Wolk, Emily M Becker-Haimes, Raina M Merchant

A Randomized Trial of Choice Architecture and Mailed Colorectal Cancer Screening Outreach in a Community Health Setting

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology Journal
April 30, 2024
Shivan J Mehta, Sanjay Palat, Caitlin McDonald, Catherine Reitz, Evelyn Okorie, Keyirah Williams, Jinming Tao, Pamela A Shaw, Karen Glanz, David A Asch

Automated Text Message-Based Program and Use of Acute Health Care Resources After Hospital Discharge: A Randomized Clinical Trial

JAMA Network Open
April 2, 2024
Eric Bressman, Judith A. Long, Robert E. Burke, Aiden Ahn, Katherine Honig, Jarcy Zee, Nancy McGlaughlin, Mohan Balachandran, David A. Asch, Anna U. Morgan

Perspectives of Black Patients on Racism Within Emergency Care

JAMA Health Forum
March 8, 2024
Anish K. Agarwal, Rachel E. Gonzales, Charlotte Sagan, Sally Nijim, David A. Asch, Raina M. Merchant, Eugenia C. South

Protocol for a Pragmatic Stepped Wedge Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial Testing Behavioral Economic Implementation Strategies To Increase Supplemental Breast MRI Screening Among Patients With Extremely Dense Breasts

Implementation Science
November 24, 2023
Anne Marie McCarthy, Claudia Fernandez Perez, Rinad S. Beidas, Justin E. Bekelman, Daniel Blumenthal, Elizabeth Mack, Anna-Marika Bauer, Sarah Ehsan, Emily F. Conant, Bernadette C. Wheeler, Carmen E. Guerra, Linda W. Nunes, Peter Gabriel, Abigail Doucette, E. Paul Wileyto, Alison M. Buttenheim, David A. Asch, Katharine A. Rendle, Rachel C. Shelton, Oluwadamilola M. Fayanju, Sue Ware, Martina Plag, Steven Hyland, Tracy Gionta, Lawrence N. Shulman, Robert Schnoll