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Use of Social Incentives to Change Behaviors, Improve Ambulation and Health Outcomes After Major Abdominal Surgeries for Cancer

Project Description Major surgeries for cancer bear significant risks, especially for an at-risk elderly population. For cystectomies (removal of the bladder for bladder cancer), 67% of patients will…

Ronac Mamtani

Ronac Mamtani, MD, MSCE is an Innovation Faculty member at the Penn Center for Cancer Care Innovation (PC3I) and a medical oncologist and cancer epidemiologist. His clinical practice…

Samuel Takvorian

Assistant Professor, Hematology and Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine Samuel Takvorian, MD, MSHP, is the Deputy Director and an Innovation Faculty member at the Penn Center for Cancer…

Shivan Mehta

Associate Professor of Medicine and Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine Shivan Mehta, MD, MBA, MSHP, is an Innovation Faculty member at the Penn Center…

Robert Schnoll

Director, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Nicotine Addiction Robert Schnoll, PhD is an Innovation Faculty member at the Penn Center for Cancer Care Innovation (PC3I) the John H. Glick,…

Daniel Lee

Daniel Lee, MD, MS is an Innovation Faculty Member at the Penn Center for Cancer Care Innovation (PC3I) and Assistant Professor of Urologic Oncology in the Department of Surgery…

Katharine Rendle

Associate Director, Mixed Methods Research Lab Associate Professor, Family Medicine and Community Health, Epidemiology, Perelman School of Medicine Katharine A. Rendle, PhD, MSW, MPH, is Director at the…

Nudges Informed by Behavioral Economics to Reduce Lower Value Cancer Care

Project Description This project assessed the effect of introducing a Behavioral Ecnomics informed “nudge”, or an electronic medical record default order, designed to alter physician ordering of unnecessary…