Our Work

Learn more about our diverse portfolio of projects below. Our key project domains include the following:

Nudges to clinicians: The design of any practice environment heavily influences medical decision-making within it. We aim to design and implement nudges that improve workflow and steer decision-making toward evidence-based care.

Nudges to patients: Daily health behaviors significantly impact long-term patient outcomes. We design and implement interventions that lead to significant and sustained changes in patient engagement and daily behaviors.

Projects completed 2016-2021

Using default options to increase generic medication prescribing rates

Evaluating the implementation of a saliva-based screening program for detection of COVID-19

Using default options to decrease opioid prescribing durations

Using active choice to increase cancer screening

Predicting influenza vaccinations

Using default options to decrease unnecessary imaging for palliative cancer patients receiving radiation therapy

Social comparisons and financial incentives to increase physical activity

Price transparency for inpatient laboratory tests

Gamification and social incentives to promote mobility among hospitalized patients

Using default options to increase referral to cardiac rehabilitation

Framing financial incentives to increase physical activity among overweight and obese adults

Using active choice and peer comparisons to increase statin prescription rates

Active vs. passive choice framing to increase statin prescribing among cardiologists

Comparing four designs of social comparison feedback to increase physical activity

Premium-based financial incentives to promote weight loss

Evaluating resident perceptions on inappropriate inpatient laboratory testing

Using nudges with machine learning algorithms to increase serious illness conversations

Using activity data from wearable devices vs. smartphones to predict hospital readmission

Evaluating the presence and design of gamification in popular smartphone applications

Individual vs. team-based incentives to increase physical activity

Comparing different lottery designs to increase physical activity among overweight and obese adults

Behavioral economic incentives to improve glycemic control among adolescents and young adults with diabetes

Using gamification and social incentives to increase physical activity among families

Patient and physician predictors of appropriate statin prescription

Using gamification and social incentives to improve healthy behaviors

Financial incentives to increase physical activity among ischemic heart disease patients

Veterans’ experience with wearable devices

Gamification and social incentives to improve glycemic control among obese diabetic adults

Gamification and social incentives to promote weight loss

A national evaluation of activity tracker initial activation, sustained use, and physical activity outcomes

Secure text messaging and changes in patient outcomes

Gamification and goal setting to increase physical activity among patients with elevated risk for a major adverse cardiovascular event

Leveraging data from wearable devices to enhance risk prediction models

Improving inpatient hepatitis C screening by using EHR default settings

Nudges to reduce opioid prescription pill burden