Evidence Based Patient Engagement

Research and apply personalized engagement strategies to improve health outcomes

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Mix and match modules from Way To Health's suite to personalize interventions

Patient Communication

Choose from a variety of communication mediums tailored to a patient's preference. Include peers or support partners.

Device Integration

Capture data from remote monitoring devices simply and seamlessly, enabling scalable, integrated and personalized initiatives.

Clinical Trials

Use a purpose built solution to design and deploy behavioral change and interventional (automated hovering) research.

Behavioral Economics

Leverage a library of various behavioral economics tools e.g. social and financial incentives to nudge or change behavior.

Gamification

Allow patients to earn points, level up, use lifelines and more. Combine with peers or support partners and see higher engagement.

Rules Engine

Configure the flexible rules engine quickly. Trigger actions by time or data captured from patients via messages, devices or EHR data.

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CASE STUDY SPOTLIGHTS

Smoking Cessation

Vitality Smoking

Scott D. Halpern, MD, PhD

Kevin Volpp, MD, PhD

Financial incentives, pharmacologic therapies, and electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) to promote smoking cessation

Outcomes

Large scale pragmatic trial using opt-out for enrollment

Redeemable deposits and rewards were superior to free cessation aids

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Driving

Way to Safety

M. Kit Delgado, MD, MS

Catherine C. McDonald, PhD, RN

Gain a deeper understanding of teen perspectives on how to overcome the barriers to the use of cellphone blocking technology and facilitate improved research and implementation strategies.

Outcomes

Teens willing to give up reading texts (90%), sending texts (95%), social media (99%) while driving

Not willing to give up navigation (59%) and music applications (43%)

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Physical Activity

Be Fit

Mitesh Patel, MD, MBA, MS

Kevin Volpp, MD, PhD

Gamification designed to leverage insights from behavioral economics offers a promising approach to improve daily health behaviors at low cost

Outcomes

Increased activity achievement by 50%

Post study activity increased by 27%

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Post-Op Spinal Surgery

Enhanced Recovery After Surgery

Zarina S. Ali, MD, MS

Tracy M. Flanders, MD

The effects of a novel enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocol on clinical outcomes for patients undergoing elective spine or peripheral nerve surgery.

Outcomes

Intravenous opioid medications postoperatively was nearly eliminated in the ERAS group (0.5% vs 54.1%)

ERAS group demonstrated greater mobilization on postoperative day 0 (53.4% vs 17.1%)

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Cirrhosis & Transplants

LiveBetter

Vandana Khungar,MD,MSc

Matt Van Der Tuyn, MA

Reduce 30-day readmissions for cirrhosis and post-transplant patients by remotely monitoring weight, mental function, medication adherence and temperature

Outcomes

Reduced 7-day readmissions by 43%

Reduced preventable readmits by 75%

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Pre-eclampsia

Heart Safe Motherhood

Sindhu Srinivas, MD, MSCE

Adi Hirshberg, MD

Reduce 7-day readmissions for hypertension among postpartum women and creating a national leadership model to meet ACOG guidelines

Outcomes

Increased guideline adherence by 80%

Reduced 7 day readmission by 80%

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