Today kicks off our Health Care by Food Grantees & Collaborators Convening of 100+ funded researchers who are building evidence of clinical & cost-effectiveness of #foodismedicine programs so they become a covered benefit through public & private health insurance. nancyatheart

Beginning to map out the journey #healthcarebyfood ⁦American Heart Association⁩ . . .lots of emerging insights in terms of where we can better support noticed access to and consumption of nutritious foods ⁦Penn Center for Health Incentives+Behavioral Econ⁩

Excited for the start of #healthcarebyfood @american_heart inaugural grantee workshop - we have 100 members of grantee teams here ⁦Penn Center for Health Incentives+Behavioral Econ⁩ ⁦The Wharton School⁩ to think through gaps and opportunities in Food is Medicine together ⁦Mariell Jessup⁩ ⁦nancyatheart⁩

'It’s because of these brave volunteers like our first patients Doug Olson, Bob Levis, and Emily Whitehead, that we have now treated over 34,000 cancer patients.' penntoday.upenn.edu/news/honoring-…

Lots to learn but we will make rapid progress American Heart Association

People who were given incentives to exercise more for a year — including daily feedback and cash rewards — added 1,500 steps (about 3/4 of a mile) to their daily step counts, according to new research. Alex Fanaroff Kevin Volpp washingtonpost.com/wellness/2024/…

great team effort: MPI Alex Fanaroff , original MPI Mitesh Patel, Neel Chokshi, MD MBA, Louise Russell, Dylan Small, Samantha Coratti, Dave Farraday, Laurie Norton, Tamar Kleiman, Charles Rareshide, Jingsan Zhu Penn Center for Health Incentives+Behavioral Econ Penn Medicine

Great leadership on this study by Alex Fanaroff. Appreciated the opportunity to work with him and a fabulous team on this study!!

So proud of Kayla Clark for her contributions to #cardiovascularriskreduction ⁦Penn Medicine⁩ ⁦Penn Center for Health Incentives+Behavioral Econ⁩ - she has done much to prevent #ascvd risk in our patients. Seen here with ⁦@Penn⁩ President ⁦Larry Jameson receiving models of excellence award 2024

The world is not the same without this brilliant mind in it, but I will miss his big heart even more

Love Primary Care! (Me too). If so, tune in to this Senate Budget Cmte hearing at 10AM today!

I am honored to testify along a great panel of experts like Chris Koller and others!
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These results are striking since often we think of this type of precommitment as potentially not sufficiently binding. Nice work by former Penn Center for Health Incentives+Behavioral Econ trainee Jeff Kullgren who is now doing great things as a faculty member at University of Michigan

Highly recommend reading this thread and commend Aaron Schwartz for his efforts to help this patient NEJM Veterans Affairs Penn Medicine

Access to healthy food is essential to treat, manage and prevent chronic illnesses. @Sethb_md, Hilary Seligman and @Kevin_Volpp, researchers in our Health Care by Food Initiative, joined HHS.gov to explore ways #FoodIsMedicine can save lives! UNC Health UCSF Department of Medicine Penn Center for Health Incentives+Behavioral Econ

Making big bets - building evidence to create a brighter future focusing on keeping people healthy rather than treating them once they are sick ⁦The Rockefeller Foundation⁩ ⁦American Heart Association⁩ rockefellerfoundation.org/news/the-rocke…

Our new Health Care by Food initiative is identifying effective ways to address diet-related conditions by making healthy food a regular and reimbursable component of health care. Thanks to Dr. Rajiv J. Shah The Rockefeller Foundation Kroger Instacart Kaiser Permanente Walmart Foundation.

Four pilot projects, supported by Penn Med Nudge Unit, seek to improve care delivery across a variety of focus areas in medicine, such as alcohol use disorder treatment and preventing post-operative infections, all by using the concept of “nudging.” spr.ly/6019RWsF3

Are you interested in learning more about behavioral economics, health equity, health policy, and health care innovation? Consider Penn’s online Master of Health Care Innovation program. bit.ly/47205sE

Appreciate Neel Shah, MD including our article on providing patients with support more similar to elite athletes Alisa Camplin NEJM Catalyst Penn Center for Health Incentives+Behavioral Econ

Always so impressed by my Penn Medicine colleagues and gratified to have a chance to work with such amazing people @Penn