Impact

Success at CHTI is not defined just by the discovery of a novel approach but rather by the implementation and scale of new care models, devices, and technology that meaningfully improve health and health care for patients and clinicians at and beyond Penn Medicine. This page highlights tangible examples of the impact of our work.

$106M

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75+

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Normative feedback and financial incentives increased physical activity Read more

COBALT program on mobile device

Cobalt revealed the unmet demand for mental health support among health care workers and introduced a model for streamlining access Read more

Combined lottery incentives lead to a 12 percentage point increase in physical activity among overweight and obese adults Read more

Giving patients a choice in their goals and having them start right away increased physical activity Read more

Penn Medicine's ICU Board decreases length of stay and lessens morbidity among mechanically ventilated patients Read more

TargetPath halved ICU use among patients with diabetic ketoacidosis Read more

An automated texting system found that 61 percent of opioid pills go unused after surgical procedures Read more

Mockup of Neuralert wristband device

Neuralert decreased stroke detection time tenfold Read more

Community health worker laughing with two women

IMPaCT reduced total hospital days by 65 percent and doubled the rate of patient satisfaction with primary care Read more

Penn Medicine's employee hypertension program helps 94 percent of patients achieve target blood pressure Read more

High Five sign-in screen

In 2022 more than 56,000 High Fives were sent Read more

Advanced Heart Care at Home brochure

Advanced Heart Care at Home increases quality days at home for seriously ill heart failure patients Read more

Predictive models can be leveraged to prevent the progression of diabetes Read more

Yelp reviews offered insight into opioid experiences and the challenges of pain management Read more

PEACE improves patient experience and outcomes and reduces costs associated with miscarriage care Read more

Combined incentives nearly doubled exercise goal achievement Read more

Gamification increased physical activity among families Read more

Behavioral interventions motivated individuals to cut back on risky driving habits Read more

Load balancing lowered primary care appointment wait times from four weeks to a few days Read more

Defaults in the electronic health record doubled hepatitis C screening orders Read more

IDTS Monitoring System identifies patients for monitoring while saving care teams 10-12 hours per week Read more

Nudging doctors to prescribe statins tripled prescription rates Read more

Opt-out FIT kits paired with serial text messaging increased CRC screening tenfold Read more

SOAR reduced length of stay among older adults by more than one day and decreased 30-day readmissions by 30 percent Read more

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The HomeConnect+ remote monitoring program led to a fourfold drop in hospital readmissions after joint replacement surgery Read more

LiveAware increased screening rates among patients at-risk for liver cancer by 26 percent Read more

The Lancaster Concierge Service facilitated seamless experiences for nearly 2,000 patients in its first year of operation Read more

Online reviews of specialized drug treatment facilities identified drivers of patient satisfaction Read more

Eyes on Site increased retinal screening rates, enabling early diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy Read more

Active choice nudges can provide a big boost to vaccination rates Read more

X-waiver buttons for ED clinicians

CORE ensures that patients struggling with opioid use disorder receive evidence-based treatment in the emergency department to promote long-term recovery Read more

Patient in cardiac rehab program

Introducing defaults in the electronic health record increased referrals to cardiac rehab by 70 percent Read more

Cavalry prevented 82 percent of readmissions among COPD patients Read more

Patient receiving cancer care at home

Cancer Care @ Home enabled patients with lymphoma to spend 25 fewer days in the hospital and patients with breast or prostate cancer to avoid up to 12 outpatient visits a year Read more

HiRPM automates lab monitoring for patients on high-risk medications Read more

Defaults in the electronic health record cut unnecessary imaging for palliative cancer patients in half Read more

Low-incentive daily lotteries encouraged sustained adherence to remote monitoring regimens Read more

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AIR-AD improves quality of life for COPD patients by offloading the work of breathing Read more

Shared financial incentives helped patients with high cardiovascular risk to reduce levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol Read more

CARe eliminated three of four in-office visits for post-surgical patients Read more

Mailed outreach with opt-out framing and a signed order doubled the liver cancer screening rate Read more

Switchboard enabled the delivery of high-value virtual care via 30,000 telemedicine appointments per week at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more

Bulk ordering and text messaging increased mammogram screening rates by 2% or more Read more

Switchboard’s automated reminders reduced appointment no-shows by 2 percentage points. Read more

HSM brochure with blood pressure monitor and cuff

Heart Safe Motherhood reduced readmission rates and eliminated racial disparities in postpartum hypertension care Read more

Embedding a cesarean risk calculator in the EHR increased usage from 13 to 77 percent

Financial incentives and free cessation aids helped patients quit smoking Read more

Doctor giving a woman a liver ultrasound

Adapting the LiveAware model, Independence Blue Cross doubled liver cancer screenings Read more

Two people inside a large cardboard frame saying "I got the COVID-19 vaccine!"

Low-tech COVID-19 vaccine clinics rapidly increased the pace of vaccinations in communities of color in Philadelphia Read more

Fulfill increased specialty medication fills completed per day by 22 percent Read more

ILUM enables health care providers to access real-time interactive data on antibiotic susceptibility and resistance patterns Read more

Person texting on their phone with Fast Track to Fertility chatbot

Fast Track to Fertility reduced time to initial appointment and time to initiation of treatment by approximately 50 percent Read more

Opt-out framing tripled enrollment in a diabetes self-management intervention Read more

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Offering a choice of colonoscopy or FIT doubled colorectal cancer screenings Read more

Nudges and machine learning led to a fourfold increase in the rate of serious illness conversations among cancer patients Read more

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Live Better reduced 30-day readmissions for cirrhosis and liver transplant patients by 43 percent Read more

PATH reduced readmissions by 15 percent and hospital length of stay by more than three days Read more

ColoPrep, a text message–based navigation program, increased colonoscopy show rates by 6 percentage points Read more

A chatbot gave patients 24/7 COVID-19 guidance while protecting clinical resources during a critical phase of the pandemic Read more

COVID SAFE enabled essential workers to safely return to campus amid the pandemic Read more

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The MEND mental health program led to an eightfold increase in inpatient psychiatric consultations Read more

COVID Twitter dashboard

The COVID-19 Twitter Map tracked health trends across the country and provided actionable information during lockdown Read more

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Fast Track to Fertility increased annualized new patient access by 24 percent Read more

Gamification interventions with supportive, competitive, and collaborative incentives significantly increased physical activity Read more

Time to breast biopsy for dropped by 13 days with a default three-step order Read more

Stating that shots were “reserved” or “waiting” for patients increased vaccination rates Read more

EHR nudges increased evidence-based prescribing for alcohol use 15× Read more

An hour of work and one simple nudge resulted in $32 million in savings for Penn Medicine Read more

Facebook status updates predicted health conditions better than demographic information Read more

Symphony, an operations management platform, increased patient access to ophthalmology clinics, saved practice managers hours every week, and reduced scheduling errors. Read more

The THEA remote monitoring program enabled a reduction in the average number of in-person prenatal visits from 10.5 to 6.9 Read more

Providing patients with obstructive sleep apnea with access to their PAP usage data significantly improved treatment adherence Read more

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Healing at Home's automated chatbot correctly answered 80 percent of inquiries from new parents Read more

PreOp+ anesthesia evaluations improve health outcomes and experience for surgery patients and lower day-of-surgery delays and cancellations Read more

Clinician putting a swab into a tube

PreAct increased genetic testing rates from 65 percent to 95 percent among ovarian cancer patients Read more

Reward-based incentives led to higher rates of sustained abstinence from smoking than deposit-based incentives Read more

Woman sitting at a multi-monitor computer setup and speaking into a headset

Penn Medicine OnDemand saved the health system more than $1.5 million in its first two years in operation Read more

PennOpen Pass green pass

PennOpen Pass enabled Penn to safely resume academic, research, and clinical activities amid COVID-19 Read more

Telemedicine slashed time to dermatology consult from 84 days to 5 hours Read more

Extended statin prescriptions rose 20 percentage points with an EHR default Read more

Hand holding a pill bottle filled with white disposal powder

A program issuing mailed kits doubled the rate of leftover opioid disposal Read more

TIPS-Connect improved the standardized screening rate for prenatal depression by 70 percent Read more

Community health worker and an older woman at a table pointing at a piece of paper

IMPaCT delivers a $2:1 annual return on investment to payers Read more

Healing at Home reduced length of stay by 40 percent Read more

COVID Watch text message asking about how a patient is feeling

COVID Watch saved lives weekly during the first surge of the pandemic Read more

An active choice intervention increased orders for colonoscopy and mammography tests Read more

Mailed FIT kit

Opt-out messaging led to significantly higher CRC screening rates than opt‐in messaging Read more

Facebook language predicted depression in medical records Read more

Catching Zs tripled the number of hospitalized patients who slept at least six hours – the minimum recommended by experts Read more

Provider using a laptop with the ostomy output dashboard open

The Penn Ostomy Output Program reduced ileostomy readmissions by 30 percent Read more

E-consults reduced the wait time for specialist input from 3-6 months to only 72 hours Read more

Penn Preview increases the percentage and quality of pre-visit dermatology photo submissions Read more

Defaults more than doubled compliance with opioid prescribing guidelines in the emergency department Read more

A series of access-focused interventions increased neurology year-over-year growth in visit volume by more than 16 times. Read more

Screening rates for hepatitis C doubled when a screening order was sent along with a typical reminder Read more

Peer mentorship helped improve diabetes control among Black veterans Read more

Loss-framed incentives increased physical activity in overweight and obese adults Read more

Loss-framed financial incentives increased physical activity among patients with ischemic heart disease Read more

Genetics counselor looking at a monitor and taking notes

The Penn Telegenetics Program improves access and decreases cancer mortality Read more

Two phones showing the MyHeartMap app and AED map

More than 1,500 AEDs were mapped during the first iteration of the MyHeartMap Challenge Read more