4/11/17
Rather than remembering to check the patient’s chart manually, program your EHR to prompt you when a patient is eligible for an immunization. Recent research published in Journal of General Internal Medicine showed how this technology tool and using the “active choice” strategy with patients increased influenza immunization rates by 37%! Dr. Mitesh Patel and his team from Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania are providing information that supports behavioral economic techniques to improve public health.