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Roybal Center Publications

Reinforcement learning to personalize message framing for health habits (REINFORCE)

The impact of using reinforcement learning to personalize communication on medication adherence: findings from the REINFORCE trial

Lauffenburger JC, Yom-Tov E, Keller PA, McDonnell ME, Crum KL, Bhatkhande G, Sears ES, Hanken K, Bessette LG, Fontanet CP, Haff N, Vine S, Choudhry NK

NPJ Digit Med

2024 February 19

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Preferences for mHealth Technology and Text Messaging Communication in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: Qualitative Interview Study

Lauffenburger JC, Barlev RA, Sears ES, Keller PA, McDonnel ME, Yom-Tov E, Fontanet CP, Hanken K, Haff N, Choudhry NK​

J Med Internet Res

2021 June

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REinforcement learning to improve non-adherence for diabetes treatments by Optimising Response and Customising Engagement (REINFORCE): study protocol of a pragmatic randomised trial

Lauffenburger LC, Yum-Tov E, Keller PA, McDonnell ME, Bessette LG, Fontanet CP, Sears ES, Kim E, Hanken K, Buckley JJ, Barlev RA, Haff N, Choudhry NK

BMJ Open

2021 December 3

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Cues and Rewards

Using Cues and Rewards in Patients with Arthritis and Rheumatic Disease

Leveraging Habits to Improve Adherence to Gout Medications: A Qualitative Study

Crum KL, Choudhry NK, Fontanet C, Sears ES, Hanken K, Lauffenburger JC, Mastrorilli J, Oduol T, Vine S, Bhatkhande G, Oran R, Robertson T, Wood W, Feldman CH

ACR Open Rheumatol.

2024 July 15

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Randomised controlled trial targeting habit formation to improve medication adherence to daily oral medications in patients with gout

Fontanet CP, Choudhry NK, Wood W, Robertson T, Haff N, Oran R, Sears ES, Kim E, Hanken K, Barlev RA, Lauffenburger JC, Feldman CH

BMJ Open

2021 November 24

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Personalizing intervention to reduce clinical inertia in the treatment of hypertension

Testing interventions to reduce clinical inertia in the treatment of hypertension: rationale and design of a pragmatic randomized controlled trial

Haff N, Sreedhara SK, Wood W, Yom-Tov E, Horn DM, Hoover M, Low G, Lauffenburger JC, Chaitoff A, Russo M, Hanken K, Crum KL, Fontanet CP, Choudhry NK

Am Heart J

2023 November 13

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Simulation

Novel application of simulation for providers to overcome the hot-cold empathy gap in high-risk medication prescribing

Pragmatic trial evaluating the impact of simulation training on high-risk prescribing to older adults by junior physicians

Lauffenburger JC, DiFrancesco MF, Bhatkhande G, Crum KL, Kim ES, Robertson T, Oran R, Hanken KE, Haff N, Coll MD, Avorn J, Choudhry NK

J Am Geriatr Soc

2024 March 8

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Prescribing decision making by medical residents on night shifts: A qualitative study

Lauffenburger JC, Coll MD, Kim E, Robertson T, Oran R, Haff N, Hanken K, Avorn J, Choudhry NK

Med Educ

2022 October

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Overcoming decisional gaps in high-risk prescribing by junior physicians using simulation-based training: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Lauffenburger JC, DiFrancesco MF, Barlev RA, Robertson T, Kim E, Coll MD, Haff N, Fontanet CP, Hanken K, Oran R, Avorn J, Choudhry NK

JMIR Res Protoc

2022 April

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Use of construal level theory to inform messaging to increase vaccination against COVID-19

“How” versus “Why” messaging to increase uptake of booster vaccination against COVID-19: Results of a pragmatic randomized trial

Haff N, Choudhry NK, Bhatkhande G, Keller PA, Robertson T, Oran R, Horn D, Crum KL, Oduol T, Hanken K, Lauffenburger JC

J Gen Intern Med

2023 November 6

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Social Networks

Leveraging social networks to control hypertension after ischemic stroke

Leveraging Social Networks for the Assessment and Management of Neurological Patients

Dhand A, Podury A, Choudhry N, Narayanan S, Shin M, Mehl MR

Semin Neurol

2022 April

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Addressing diffusion of responsibility and prescribing burden to improve use of diabetes
medications

Encouraging the prescribing of SGLT2i and GLP-1RA medications to reduce cardiovascular and renal risk in patients with type 2 diabetes: rationale and design of a randomized controlled trial

Haff N, Horn DM, Bhatkhande G, Sung M, Colling C, Wood W, Robertson T, Gaposchkin D, Simmons L, Yang J, Yeh J, Crum KL, Hanken KE, Lauffenburger JC, Choudhry NK

Am Heart J

2025 February 20

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Social Networks
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