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Making a doctor’s appointment should be easy. (It isn’t.)
This post originally appeared on the Pattern Health blog. By Aline Holzwarth I recently had a friction-filled experience when I tried to make an appointment for a routine physical exam. It’s been a while since…
Behavioral Economics & Psychology, Health, Health Management / MARCH 5 2019
Decrease friction and add fuel for health behavior change
This post originally appeared on the Pattern Health blog. By Aline Holzwarth Human behavior is anything but simple, and for that exact reason I believe that oversimplifications can be useful in the first step of…
Behavioral Economics & Psychology, Health, Health Management / MARCH 1 2019
Make plans, not resolutions
This post originally appeared on the Pattern Health blog. By Aline Holzwarth Your new year’s resolution is very likely to fail. Most do. Resolutions are just not built to succeed. They rely on willpower, hoping…
Behavioral Economics & Psychology, Health, Motivation / DECEMBER 31 2018
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Digital Health’s Secret Weapon: Behavioral Science
By Aline Holzwarth Article originally appeared in HealthTech magazine. Read the full article here. With the ubiquity of smartphones, and the fact that everyone (including your grandma) carries their devices with them everywhere, we also carry…
The Mbrella Calendar: Helping Kenyan Families Track Their Savings for Health Insurance
Mbrella is a charitable organization devoted to helping impoverished Kenyan families buy health insurance. Mbrella connects donors with Kenyan mothers and employs a number of behavioral interventions meant to help the mother gain enough…
Make plans, not resolutions
This post originally appeared on the Pattern Health blog. By Aline Holzwarth Your new year’s resolution is very likely to fail. Most do. Resolutions are just not built to succeed. They rely on willpower, hoping…
Help us improve email
Dear friends, In thinking about how to improve email (something that gives us both joy and stress), I’d like to ask for your help. I’m trying to understand how people use email and what…