Issue Briefs
Title
Date of this Version
8-29-2012
Abstract
Information technology (IT) has fundamentally changed the way we work, bank, and communicate. Its impact on health care and health research, however, has been limited by the lack of a comprehensive infrastructure to connect patients, providers, and researchers. As we learn more about how to address the unhealthy behaviors that underlie many chronic conditions, researchers are seeking IT solutions to connect to patients in scalable ways. This Issue Brief describes the development and use of a new web-based IT platform, Way to Health, to deliver and evaluate behavioral interventions to improve health.
Document Type
Brief
Volume
17
Number
9
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Keywords
health behavior & communication, behavioral economics/behavior change, disease prevention/health promotion, payment & delivery, health it
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http://ldi.upenn.edu/policy/issue-briefs/2012/08/29/on-the-way-to-health
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Date Posted: 09 December 2016