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Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics @pennchibe.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

In this study, a feedback intervention increased opioid guideline adherence from 57% to 72% without compromising patients’ ability to manage pain. @jama.com @kitdelgado.bsky.social jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics @pennchibe.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

With a simple click, doctors can potentially save lives and reduce heart attack and stroke risks for thousands of patients by helping them have their statins on hand. Read more about this impressive Penn project. @acfanaroff.bsky.social @kitdelgado.bsky.social www.pennmedicine.org/news/news-re...

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Nudge boosts statin-prescribing, means fewer pharmacy trips

Statins are lifesaving to those with high cholesterol, but patients don’t always take them. A nudge that increased long-term prescriptions could be key.

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Wesley Kerr, MD, PhD @wesleytkerr.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

The easy intervention of 90 day vs 30 day prescriptions foundationally changed patterns and addressed some disparities. We can do this in neurology too! #AAN2025

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M. Kit Delgado @kitdelgado.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

4/ PS - in this study alone, for this one class of medications, changing the default to 90-day supplies meant 57,000 less trips to the pharmacy for our patients! Being a patient on a statin myself, I can tell you it makes it much easier to stay on track

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M. Kit Delgado @kitdelgado.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

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/

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M. Kit Delgado @kitdelgado.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

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...

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M. Kit Delgado @kitdelgado.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

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 /

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M. Kit Delgado @kitdelgado.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

If you have to take a daily pill to reduce your risk of heart disease, wouldn't it be easier get your meds at the pharmacy 4 days/yr instead of 12? We made a simple tweak in the default order that made things easier for patients and reduced disparities... 🧵👇#nudge jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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Change in Default Prescription Length and Statin Prescribing Behavior

This quality improvement study examines the association of changing the default supply for statin prescriptions to 90 days with clinician prescribing behavior.

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Ben Casselman @bencasselman.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Tariffs get all the attention, but ask economists what they're really worried about and many will point to the Trump administration's cuts to federal support for the sciences, including canceling grants and revoking student visas. #EconSky www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/b...

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Trump’s Science Policies Pose Long-Term Risk, Economists Warn (Gift Article)

Since World War II, U.S. research funding has led to discoveries that fueled economic gains. Now cutbacks are seen as putting that legacy in jeopardy.

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Prof Jeffrey S Morris @jsm2334.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Terminating grants — the Thanos approach. apple.news/AMuwpa1jfRmS...

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M. Kit Delgado @kitdelgado.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

7/ I'm bullish on the opportunity to optimize behavioral engagement in usage based insurance programs (>$30 billion in premiums in North America in 2024), a true win-win opportunity for business and public health. Thank you to Kelsey Bartalozzi and Katie DeGraff for their partnership at GM. /

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M. Kit Delgado @kitdelgado.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

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

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M. Kit Delgado @kitdelgado.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

5/ ✅ The shared prize approach outperformed an approach that promised a chance in a weekly lottery for the full $125 prize for maintaining a streak, or those merely texted personalized feedback on their buckling habits.

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M. Kit Delgado @kitdelgado.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

4/ ✅ The total cost of incentives for drivers assigned to this 10-week intervention was only $4.40 per driver—a cost that could be sustained within auto-insurance programs that currently offer billions of dollars in safe-driving discounts each year.

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M. Kit Delgado @kitdelgado.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

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!

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M. Kit Delgado @kitdelgado.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

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.

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M. Kit Delgado @kitdelgado.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

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...

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Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics @pennchibe.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Exciting new paper out today shows that a behavioral intervention with modest ﬁnancial incentives led to a sustained increase in seat belt use! 🚗 @kitdelgado.bsky.social ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/epdf/10....

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AJPH

American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) from the American Public Health Association (APHA)

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Penn LDI @pennldi.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Opioid disposal kits may offer an inexpensive and effective way to impact public safety by reducing excess opioids in the community, a new study by LDI Fellows Zarina Ali, Daniel Lee, @kitdelgado.bsky.social, and Anish Agarwal finds. Read more at our new Q&A here: ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/res...

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Opioid Disposal Kits May Help Patients Dispose Pills

Prescribing the right amount of opioid tablets to help ease severe pain after surgery can be a challenge. Opioid disposal kits may help address this issue.

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M. Kit Delgado @kitdelgado.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Grateful for this honor, my mentors, my collaborators, mentees, and the great teams I get to work with at Penn and beyond 🙏

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M. Kit Delgado @kitdelgado.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

🏆 We here in @pennmedicine.bsky.social's Nudge Unit are happy to announce a new request for proposals to receive support from our team to design, test, and implement behavior change interventions in health care. Apply by *Feb 28*! chti.upenn.edu/2025-nudge-r...

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2025 Nudge Request for Proposals

Submit an idea to improve care delivery and outcomes for the chance to get behavioral change support and expertise!

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M. Kit Delgado @kitdelgado.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

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...

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Center for Health Care Transformation & Innovation @pminnovation.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

🏆 @kitdelgado.bsky.social, faculty director of the Nudge Unit (behavioral design team) was honored with an Impact Award from @cityandstatepa.bsky.social! Congrats to Dr. Delgado & all the changemakers highlighted this year! Read more from City & State PA: www.cityandstatepa.com/power-lists/...

Kit Delgado with text "Pennsylvania Impact Awards: Leaders Making an Impact in our Communities."

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M. Kit Delgado @kitdelgado.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Proud of Sunny Jackson and the Penn Medicine Trauma and Nudge Unit team efforts funded by the PA Dept of Health to distribute firearm storage devices in @pennmedicine.bsky.social and our community! Great story in @whyy.org whyy.org/articles/acc...

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Here is what to do to keep families safe from accidental shootings

Experts at Penn Medicine say firearm injuries and deaths occur due to improper gun storage in homes with children.

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M. Kit Delgado @kitdelgado.bsky.social · 25/09/2024

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

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M. Kit Delgado @kitdelgado.bsky.social · 11/09/2024

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

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M. Kit Delgado @kitdelgado.bsky.social · 11/09/2024

First post in this place - looking forward to engaging. thanks to @abfriedman.com for the intro. Still post occasionally on twitter, nice to see academic colleagues on here x.com/kit_delgadoMD

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M. Kit Delgado @kitdelgado.bsky.social · 11/09/2024

just getting this thing set up and misspelled my last name in the handle...was wondering where everyone went...I still occasionally post on twitter: x.com/kit_delgadoMD

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