Nudge Unit

Welcome to the UCLA Nudge Unit where we harness behavioral science to optimize health outcomes, patient experience, and physician engagement. 

We bring together experts from UCLA Department of Medicine and the Anderson School of Management to design high-impact health system interventions to improve care quality.

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Cross-Functional Teams

Our interdisciplinary collaborations bring together experts from clinical medicine, psychology, behavioral economics, organizational behavior, marketing, and statistics to generate evidence-based healthcare innovations.

Collaborations
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Evaluation and Scalability

Interventions are iteratively tested using randomized controlled trials for scientific rigor, and designed to be scaled and disseminated rapidly.

What We Do
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Training

Each project led by the UCLA Nudge Unit provides training opportunities for medical and PhD students, other trainees (e.g., residents, postdocs, research assistants), and junior investigators.

Training Opportunities
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Healthcare Quality

Nudge interventions improve healthcare quality by aligning patient and provider behavior with the most up to date clinical guidelines and best practices.

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Health Equity

Evaluations of nudge interventions take into account social determinants of health towards the goal of advancing health equity

Projects
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Innovation

We leverage state-of-the-art EHR modifications and statistical methodologies to design, implement, and evaluate interventions.

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