CHTI Blog

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.

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. 

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.

Each year, the Clinical Research Forum honors outstanding clinical research studies. Two papers led or with major contributions by CHTI members were 2025 finalists making the organization's Top 20 list.

The CHTI Impact Report showcases our work, in collaboration with teams across Penn Medicine, to reimagine care delivery to significantly improve the lives of our patients, workforce, and community. Inside its pages you can explore our progress in four critical areas – emerging care models, burden reduction and workflow efficiency, preventive care, and community well-being – and get acquainted with CHTI's approach, programming, and the six specialty teams that make up our Center.