Recent Work
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Establishing a Research Informatics Program in a Public Healthcare System: A Case Report with Model Documents
As part of implementing an enterprise research governance framework, leaders in the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services established a research informatics program, including research data warehousing. The strategy is focused on high-priority, patient-centered research that leverages the investment in health IT and an efficient, sustained contribution from 2 affiliated Clinical Translational Sciences Institutes.
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Combining a Lottery Incentive with Protection Against Losing the Lottery Improves Exercise Adherence
Jason Doctor, who co-directs the Schaeffer Center’s Behavioral Science Program, designed a 12-week study to analyze two common incentives: direct cash rewards via a lottery and loss protection. The study consisted of 153 participants who were offered two exercise classes a week for 12 weeks.
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Details Matter: Predicting When Nudging Clinicians Will Succeed or Fail
Subtle implementation details can greatly influence the effectiveness of behavioural nudges because of their inherent subjective and social nature
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Encouraging Integrative, Non-Opioid Approaches To Pain: A Policy Agenda
Big changes are necessary to overcome our myopic view favoring immediate pain relief over safer approaches that are effective in the long term.
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Factors Associated with Family Reports of Pain, Dyspnea, and Depression in the Last Year of Life
Using a nationally representative sample, the researchers characterize factors associated with clinically significant pain and the presence of dyspnea and depression during the last year of life, and suggest clinical and population strategies for targeting symptom assessment and management.
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