Let’s Continue to Rethink Healthcare for Real Solutions.
As the first and only series of conferences dedicated to exploring the application of behavioral economics to the healthcare benefit, ignite09 symposia broke new ground in 2009. HR executives from across the country convened with top academics, policy and government leaders, and innovators in employee benefit design. They came away with new approaches to improve health outcomes and member satisfaction while reducing waste in healthcare benefits spending.
In 2010, plan to join us in Washington, D.C. on June 2 or
in Los Angeles on June 15 as we build on the dialogue
we sparked nationally last year.
At ignite symposia we'll explore why …
healthcare consumers act against their own self interests
people choose healthcare options that cost more but don't do more
some health communications resonate and others fail
Rainy Days and Mondays Always Get Me Down (But Maybe That’s Not All Bad)
My doctoral work focused heavily on trying to understand individual's utility functions. That's a fancy pants way of saying that I was trying to put… read more
Submitted on March 11th, 2010 by Bob Nease under Evolutionary Psychology, Happiness
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Bob Nease, PhD — Chief Scientist; Express Scripts — is a leader in the convergence of behavioral economics and healthcare; at Express Scripts, he is responsible for advancing the understanding of consumer behavior. To this end, he closely follows emerging science around human behavior and decision making, then works to develop tools and communications that help plan sponsors enable better health and value.
Beep! It’s Your Medicine Nagging You
Today's Wall Street Journal reports on an Express Scripts study of GlowCaps, an integrated system for monitoring and improving medication adherence. … read more
Submitted on March 2nd, 2010 by Bob Nease under Adherence, Behavioral Economics, News
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Bob Nease, PhD — Chief Scientist; Express Scripts — is a leader in the convergence of behavioral economics and healthcare; at Express Scripts, he is responsible for advancing the understanding of consumer behavior. To this end, he closely follows emerging science around human behavior and decision making, then works to develop tools and communications that help plan sponsors enable better health and value.