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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

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$65m

in grants and awards

75+

solutions implemented

450+

publications

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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

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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.