The Penn Medicine Nudge Unit — a behavioral design team that aims to affect medical decision-making — is launching several new pilot projects to improve patient care delivery in areas including ...

Including deadlines and addressing the ostrich effect are among the changes that improve outcomes. HealthLeaders recently reported on BCBS-MA's Nudge Unit, a first-of-its kind initiative that "uses ...

When the electronic health record is programmed to automatically flag and create orders for patients needing cancer screenings, doctors are significantly more likely to order them, a new Penn Medicine ...

The government’s ‘Nudge Unit’ is experimenting with using machine learning algorithms to rate how well schools and doctors’ surgeries are performing. For the last year, The Behavioural Insights Team ...

The nation's first research unit devoted to "healthcare nudges" has developed solutions that significantly improve outcomes and lower costs. For example, the group created methods to reduce opioid ...

Nudge units The German government has a small research team, or ‘nudge unit’, tasked with carrying out nudge interventions, according to the study. Another thing that increased support was providing ...

A team of behavioural insights experts recruited by the government, under a pet project of Prime Minister David Cameron, has been sold to its employees and the charity Nesta with the government ...