91 - Dr. Kit Delgado - Systems, Behavior, & Innovation

About this episode

Dr. Kit Delgado discusses his work in emergency medicine and behavioral science to improve health systems.

In this episode of the PennHealthX Podcast, Ziad Hassan and Habib Akouri sit down with Dr. Mucio Kit Delgado to explore his work at the intersection of emergency medicine, behavioral science, and health system innovation. Dr. Delgado is an emergency and addiction medicine physician-scientist at Penn Medicine, where he serves as Executive Director of Transformation Science & Behavioral Insights and Faculty Director of the Penn Medicine Nudge Unit. He also holds roles as an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine & Epidemiology, Associate Director at CHIBE, and Co-Chair of Penn Medicine’s Opioid Task Force. Through his leadership of the BeSAFIR Lab and Penn PORTAL, Dr. Delgado utilizes behavioral design and data-driven strategies to improve decision-making in acute care, advancing efforts in opioid stewardship, injury prevention, and patient safety.

People in this episode

Hosts: Ziad Hassan, Habib Akouri

Guest: Dr. Mucio Kit Delgado

Topics covered

• emergency medicine
• behavioral science
• health system innovation
• opioid stewardship
• patient safety
• data-driven strategies

Keywords

• emergency medicine
• behavioral science
• health innovation
• opioid stewardship
• patient safety
• decision-making
• addiction medicine

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Penn Medicine, BeSAFIR Lab, Penn PORTAL, CHIBE, Penn Medicine’s Opioid Task Force

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