Automation of scheduling and reminders associated with improved transition to postpartum healthcare

With the aim of helping to improve maternal health outcomes, Harvard Pop Center faculty member Jessica Cohen, PhD, and her colleagues designed a behavioral economic intervention utilizing default scheduling of appointments with primary care providers and text message appointment reminders to support new mothers in getting important follow-up care. The study, published in JAMA Network Open, is featured in this Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health news post, in…