Doctors who were “nudged” by an online patient dashboard to think about prescribing lifesaving statins tripled their prescription rates, according to a clinical trial led by Penn Medicine researchers. Cholesterol-lowering statins such as atorvastatin and simvastatin are known to prevent heart attacks, strokes, and associated deaths, and are relatively inexpensive with minor side effects. Yet… Continue reading When Doctors Get “Nudged,” Lifesaving Prescription Rates Go Up