Nudge units to improve the delivery of health care

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 378, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 214-216

  Patel, Mitesh S ^a   Volpp, Kevin G ^a   Asch, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL INSIGHTS TEAM; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NUDGE UNIT; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PHYSICIAN ORDER ENTRY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ALERT FATIGUE (HEALTH CARE); BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; REMINDER SYSTEM;

ALERT FATIGUE, HEALTH PERSONNEL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ECONOMICS, BEHAVIORAL; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REMINDER SYSTEMS;

EID: 85040927414     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1712984     Document Type: Review

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