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Welcome to the Center for Health Care Innovation's Month in Review. Each month, we feature news stories and publications about work happening at the Acceleration Lab, Center for Digital Health, Nudge Unit, and Way to Health. Subscribe to have our Month in Review newsletter sent directly to your inbox. 

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On a podcast episode of Freakonomics, M.D., about how to choose a doctor, David Asch shared data on how obstetrician training relates to pregnancy outcomes. The research he cited, published in JAMA in 2009, found an association between residency programs and maternal complication rates. Asch also discussed doctor age: "A lot of people think that, eventually, doctors get worse as they get older. But, we found that in obstetrics, they just get better and better and never stop getting better."

2021 was a year full of accomplishments for Way to Health, CHCI's web-based platform that automates, facilitates, and evaluates the systematic testing of behavioral interventions to promote health. Check out the highlights with the Way to Health Year in Review: 2021 in Numbers.

The article "Redesign of Opioid Use Disorder Screening and Treatment in the ED," co-authored by CHCI's Rinad Beidas, Kit Delgado, and Dina Abdel-Rahman, was highlighted in the NEJM Catalyst Editors' Picks e-newsletter. Published in January 2022, the paper details how the team designed a clinician-informed protocol to improve the assessment and care of patients with opioid use disorder in the emergency department.

Nudge Unit leadership announced that the next Nudges in Health Care Symposium will be held virtually on October 14, 2022. Individuals interested in attending should subscribe to receive updates about registration and other important milestones by completing this form and share suggestions for speakers and topics here.

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