A Penn Medicine study showed that giving underserved patients at risk of heart disease a choice in their physical activity goal, then having them start right away, resulted in the most change
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Combining Gamification, Cash Incentive Increases Veterans’ Exercise
Daily step counts increased by approximately 1,200 among veterans who were given goals and participated in game-like interventions with loss-framed cash rewards
Game on: Game-Based Program Boosts Physical Activity Among Diabetes Patients
Researchers showed that adding gamification with either competition or support increased physical activity for patients with Type 2 diabetes
Nudges Combined with Machine Learning Triples Advanced Care Conversations Among Patients with Cancer
An electronic nudge to clinicians—triggered by an algorithm that used machine learning methods to flag patients with cancer who would most benefit from a conversation around end-of-life goals—tripled the rate of those discussions.