We advance health and reimagine health care delivery for dramatically better outcomes. Learn more Leveraging design thinking, technology, and data science to solve complex problems in health care Learn more Designing and implementing scalable nudges to improve medical decision-making and patient outcomes Learn more Providing technology infrastructure for sustainable behavior change interventions Learn more Rapidly evaluating and implementing evidence-based interventions to improve health outcomes at scale Learn more Enabling health through racial, economic, and environmental justice Learn more Harnessing cutting-edge data science methodologies and interdisciplinary collaboration to drive transformative advancements in health care delivery Learn more Impact Learn more $106M in grants and awards 75+ solutions implemented 560+ publications An hour of work and one simple nudge resulted in $32 million in savings for Penn Medicine COVID Watch saved lives weekly during the first surge of the pandemic Heart Safe Motherhood reduced readmission rates and eliminated racial disparities in postpartum hypertension care Opt-out FIT kits paired with serial text messaging increased CRC screening tenfold Introducing defaults in the electronic health record increased referrals to cardiac rehab by 70 percent CARe eliminated three of four in-office visits for post-surgical patients Fast Track to Fertility increased annualized new patient access by 24 percent Featured News See all news Nudge Unit kicks off projects to enhance prior authorization and tobacco cessation pathways The Nudge Unit is partnering with Penn Medicine teams to facilitate tobacco cessation treatment in primary care and to implement a better medication prior authorization workflow at discharge. The two projects, which will implement nudges via the electronic health record, were selected from Nudge’s 2025 call for proposals. Read more Meet the Penn people who fix problems with tech and ingenuity Penn Medicine News Penn Medicine is harnessing technology, innovation, and physician insights to make health care easier for clinicians and patients. Read about leaders and projects from across the Center for Health Care Transformation and Innovation who are solving health care problems. Read more Raina Merchant: Inspirational leader drives transformation at Penn Medicine CBS News Philadelphia In this profile from CBS News, CHTI executive director Raina Merchant is featured for her work as an emergency medicine physician and for designing for the future of care as the health system's chief transformation officer. Read more Innovator Spotlight See all spotlights Corie Rhodes, MD, MPH Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine Associate Medical Director of Quality Corie Rhodes, MD, MPH Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine Associate Medical Director of Quality Meet Corie Rhodes, a physician shaping quality improvement initiatives across Penn Medicine Primary Care. Read more Nicholas Mollanazar, MD, MBA Assistant Professor of Clinical Dermatology Director of Patient Access, Dermatology Nicholas Mollanazar, MD, MBA Assistant Professor of Clinical Dermatology Director of Patient Access, Dermatology Meet Nicholas Mollanazar, whose solutions are helping more dermatology patients get the care they need and enabling providers to work more efficiently. Read more Rebecca Trotta, PhD, RN Director, Nursing Research & Innovation Director, Geriatric Programming Rebecca Trotta, PhD, RN Director, Nursing Research & Innovation Director, Geriatric Programming Meet Rebecca Trotta, a nurse-scientist driving efforts to transform geriatric care. Read more