We reimagine health care delivery for dramatically better outcomes, value, experience, and equity. Learn more The Acceleration Lab leverages design thinking to solve complex problems in health care Learn more The Center for Digital Health utilizes non-traditional data sources to disrupt conventional approaches to care Learn more The Nudge Unit designs and implements scalable nudges to improve medical decision-making and patient outcomes Learn more Way to Health provides technology infrastructure for sustainable behavior change interventions Learn more Impact Learn more $65m in grants and awards 75+ solutions implemented 450+ publications An hour of work and one simple nudge resulted in $32 million in savings for Penn Medicine COVID Watch saved lives weekly during the first surge of the pandemic Heart Safe Motherhood reduced readmission rates and eliminated racial disparities in postpartum hypertension care Opt-out FIT kits paired with serial text messaging increased CRC screening tenfold Introducing defaults in the electronic health record increased referrals to cardiac rehab by 70 percent CARe eliminated three of four in-office visits for post-surgical patients Fast Track to Fertility increased annualized new patient access by 24 percent Featured News See all news Tech-based solutions enable clinicians to focus on people, not paperwork Penn Medicine News Blog Projects such as CHCI-led efforts to streamline records collection are making administrative tasks quicker and easier and clearing the way for more meaningful work. Read more Ten weeks, seven insights: Interns share takeaways from a summer with CHCI Four graduate students shared key learnings from their summer internship with the Center for Health Care Innovation. Read more When shorthand shortchanges care STAT Roy Rosin and David Asch describe the "LMNO" problem in health care – when verbal contractions are associated with bundled behaviors – and advocate for more intentional care, with examples from the Center for Health Care Innovation portfolio. Read more Innovator Spotlight See all spotlights Nicholas Mollanazar, MD, MBA Assistant Professor of Clinical Dermatology Director of Patient Access, Dermatology Nicholas Mollanazar, MD, MBA Assistant Professor of Clinical Dermatology Director of Patient Access, Dermatology Meet Nicholas Mollanazar, whose solutions are helping more dermatology patients get the care they need and enabling providers to work more efficiently. Read more Rebecca Trotta, PhD, RN Director, Nursing Research & Innovation Director, Geriatric Programming Rebecca Trotta, PhD, RN Director, Nursing Research & Innovation Director, Geriatric Programming Meet Rebecca Trotta, a nurse-scientist driving efforts to transform geriatric care. Read more Charlie Chambers, MCIT Senior Developer, Center for Practice Transformation Charlie Chambers, MCIT Senior Developer, Center for Practice Transformation Meet Charlie Chambers, a database whisperer with a penchant for tinkering. Read more