Using Active Choice Within the Electronic Health Record to Increase Influenza Vaccination Rates

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 790-795

  Patel, Mitesh S ^a,b,c,d   Volpp, Kevin G ^a,b,c,d   Small, Dylan S ^b   Wynne, Craig ^a   Zhu, Jingsan ^a   Yang, Lin ^a   Honeywell, Steven ^a   Day, Susan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

active choice; behavioral economics; choice architecture; electronic health record; influenza vaccination; nudge; physician behavior

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL ASSISTANT; MEDICARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION MAKING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; TRENDS; VACCINATION;

ADULT; AGED; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; VACCINATION;

EID: 85015933824     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-017-4046-6     Document Type: Article

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