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September 12, 2013 | Grantee
How can we motivate people to make healthier decisions? This series of experiments applies the principals of behavioral economics to better understand how and why doctors and patients make the decisions they do.
March 6, 2013 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Lori Melichar spoke with Drs. Kevin Volpp and David Asch, co-directors of the Foundation’s Behavioral Economics Initiative at the University of Pennsylvania, to talk about low-value health care.
January 24, 2013 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Brian Quinn follows up with Pioneering Ideas readers regarding his call for problems in health and health care.
May 25, 2012 | Feature
In 1998, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) joined forces to provide eligible, disabled Medicaid participants with greater personal choice and control over their care
October 13, 2011 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
To improve people’s health, we ask them to change their behavior. Quit Smoking. Eat right. Lose Weight. Take a walk. Get your blood pressure checked. See a doctor. But, as many have noted, making a commitment to do the “right” thing is often easier ...
April 4, 2012 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Eight Innovative Ideas to Influence Health Behavior
August 7, 2013 | Issue Brief
New approach to controlling health care costs looks beyond rewards and penalties, emphasizing the need to harness the inherent motivation that doctors and patients have to make good decisions about health care.
May 21, 2013 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Pioneer Program Officer Lori Melichar discusses using social network insights to solve perplexing health and health care problems.
May 9, 2013 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Behavioral economics is one of a range of disciplines and research fields RWJF is exploring to shed new insight on persistent, perplexing health and health care problems.
August 10, 2012 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Luke had Yoda, Kirk had Spock...Brian introduces the esteemed members of the Pioneer Advisory Group.