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Podcast: Financial Incentives May Not Motivate Weight Loss Health AffairsJanuary, 2016
Study: Financial Incentives To Help Obese People Lose Weight Don’t Work CBS PhillyJanuary, 2016
Place A Bet On Your Weight-Loss Goal, And You May Win Twice NPRJanuary, 2016
Dreamit Partners with Independence Blue Cross and Penn Medicine to Launch Revamped Dreamit Health Program Penn MedicineJanuary, 2016
Medical Diagnosis by Webcam? AARPJanuary, 2016
The mistake you’re making with your Fitbit The Washington PostJanuary, 2016
Who’s Next in Health: These 13 young Philly leaders are shaping the health scene BillyPennJanuary, 2016
“Intrapreneurship” Alive and Well at UPHS Penn Medicine System NewsDecember, 2015
Leading the Transformation of Health Care Delivery — The Launch of NEJM Catalyst The New England Journal of MedicineDecember, 2015
Providing PEACE of Mind Penn MedicineDecember, 2015
Why two insurance companies want to pay Hongkongers to work out South China Morning PostDecember, 2015
The Inside Scoop on Innovation Penn Medicine PulseDecember, 2015
Wearable Fitness Devices: Can They Make You Healthier? RadioMDDecember, 2015
Assessing the Fitness of Wearable Tech The New York TimesNovember, 2015
Penn Study Asks: To Improve Patients' Health, Should you Pay Physicians, Patients, or Both? Penn MedicineNovember, 2015
Effect of Financial Incentives on Lipid Levels Penn LDINovember, 2015 Additional coverage: JAMA, The Philadelphia Inquirer, MedPage Today, Daily Mail, CBS News, Penn LDI, U.S. News & World Report
Dreamit Showcases Breakthrough Innovations in Digital Health at 10th Philadelphia Demo Day Penn MedicineOctober, 2015
Innovation in Philly: Check out the new class of Dreamit Health companies Philadelphia Business JournalOctober, 2015 Additional coverage: MedCity News, Philadelphia Inquirer, Technical.ly Philly, MedCity News
Penn Medicine Innovation Accelerator Program Kick Starts Eight Projects Aimed at Improving Health Care Delivery and Patient Outcomes Penn MedicineOctober, 2015
How zombies might help me lose weight The Washington PostSeptember, 2015

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