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Report from the 2023 Penn Medicine Nudges in Health Care Symposium
Nudge Science at the Crossroads and the Obstacles it Faces
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The Symposium poster session included 32 posts across a broad range of behavioral science topics from “Behaviorally Informed Text-Based Nudges for COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake in Veterans,” to “Implementation of Population Health Outreach to Increase Breast Cancer Screening Participation,” and “Development of a Nudge to Support Employee Wellness After a Patient Suicide Attempt,” to “Increasing the Utilization of Well-Baby Screening in Primary Health Care Centers Using Two Nudging Techniques.”

Craig Joseph, MD, Chief Medical Office of Nordic Consulting Partners, a health care IT consulting company headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin. The poster project is entitled “Increasing Utilization of a Calculator for Cesarean Risk During Labor Induction, an Evidence-Based Tool for Reducing Maternal Morbidity in Labor and Delivery.”


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