3/ And we appreciate the Editor's Note aligned with the mission of the Penn Medicine Nudge Unit - Making the Right Choice Easy.

Special thanks to Penn Medicine's Kevin Mahoney and the generosity of Adam Berns for enabling this work/

2/ Providing patients with 90-day supplies of their medications (rather than shorter durations) has been shown to increase medication adherence and reduce cardiovascular mortality. The simple default change not only led to 20 percentage point overall improvement, but also reduced disparities...

3/ And we appreciate the @jama.com Editor's Note highlighting the mission of the Penn Medicine Nudge Unit - "Making the Right Choice Easy"

Special thanks to the support from @pennmedicine.bsky.social, CEO Kevin Mahoney, and the generosity of Adam Berns that enabled this effort /

6/ ✅ In a subgroup of the participants, we tested the same interventions for reducing handheld phone use while driving. The top performing intervention also reduced phone use by 1 minute per hour, but this subgroup was likely underpowered and result was not statistically significant

3/ ✅ In a follow-up period after the intervention ended, there was a 33% reduction in unbuckled trips, indicating that the *habit persisted*. This is key!

2/ ✅ Drivers were 26% less likely drive unbuckled when they were promised a share of $125 weekly prize money for maintaining a streak of always buckling up. The weekly $125 prizes were divided among drivers who maintained their perfect streak.

Proud to share our latest work led by Jeff Ebert in partnership with General Motors now out in @amjpublichealth.bsky.social!

RCT w/ 1,100 divers from 49 states

A modest incentive tied to maintaining streaks of seatbelt use led to sustained increase use!

ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2...

The overdose crisis is ever evolving, especially in Philly. You may have recently heard about #xylazine ("tranq") and the associated horrific wounds.

Now we're seeing a shift to #medetomidine which causes a severe withdrawal syndrome often needing ICU care. Read this:
hip.phila.gov/document/487...

Getting excited for tomorrow's Nudges in Health Care Symposium! Took a sneak peek at the brochure and can't wait for the poster session. Registration is fully booked, but we will post some of the sessions online on our website after the symposium

symposium-2024-webpage.my.canva.site

Last call for external registrants for the 2024 Nudges in Health Care Symposium (Sept 26-27) #NudgeSymp24. Looking forward to hearing for a great group of speakers and poster presenters: symposium-2024-webpage.my.canva.site