EMPOWER
Test effectiveness of automated hovering of scale and medication adherence with daily lotteries to improve outcomes for UPHS CHF patients. The goal of the proposed project is to conduct a pragmatic randomized controlled trial testing a new approach to chronic disease management combining wireless monitoring devices and behavioral economic engagement incentives to reduce rehospitalization rates among patients with Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) recently hospitalized at the University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS).
Apr 1, 2015
Kevin Volpp, MD, PhD
Shivan Mehta, MD, MBA, MSHP
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