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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.
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.
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.
March 4, 2013 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Lori Melichar Gadkari, PhD, MA, a labor economist and senior program officer in the Foundation’s Research and Evaluation team shares information on Pioneer's newest CFP in the field of behavioral economics.
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 ...
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.