Providers tend to talk about adherence. What does it mean to stay healthy? It means life decisions every day for the patient.
behavioral economics
Why Don’t You Eat Your Vegetables. What Can We Learn From Sales?
“Sales” is something of a 5 letter word in healthcare, somehow beneath doctors and nurses. However, if we can’t sell our diagnoses and treatments to our patients, it’s not likely they’ll get better. Martyn Lewis, an expert in selling discusses the overlaps.
Why Don’t You Eat Your Vegetables- What Can We Learn from Drug Company Advertising?
While many of us object to pharma’s efforts to manipulate us, there is something to be learned. How messaging could improve compliance would ultimately allow better healthcare outcomes. Dr. Michael Mackert discusses the issue and opportunity.
Behavioral Economics at the Bedside- Part II with Doug Hough
Behavioral economics offers a way to learn why we make what can seem to be irrational decisions, particularly when it comes to our health. This applies to choices about whether or not to procedure with surgery as well as the end of life.
Why Don’t You Eat Your Vegetables- A Primer on Behavioral Economics- Dr. Doug Hough
Traditional economics assumes we are rational. However, we aren’t. Behavioral Economics (BE) is a relatively new field of study looking at human decision making, how we are influenced by the framing of questions, our history, and aversion to loss. All of these factors play into how we make (what often seem like irrational) healthcare decisions.
Why Don’t You Eat Your Vegetables? Behavioral Economics and Communication in Healthcare
Rational irrationality, decisions that make no sense, are at the core of our healthcare communications- and frankly, our ability to move the needle towards better health. Behavioral economics offers a framework to study why we do what we do.
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