LIVERPOOL, England — Understanding the incentives that drive human behavior may be useful in helping patients with osteoarthritis improve health-related habits, according to keynote speaker David Asch, MD.
When patients fail to exercise or adhere to medications, it is not a knowledge or education deficit, but a behavioral deficit, according to Asch, who is professor of medicine, medical ethics and health policy, health care management, and operations, information and decisions, and executive director at the Center for Health Care Innovation at the University of Pennsylvania. “People
Original Article: OARSI Keynote: Understanding human behavior improves patient outcomes