Improving IBD patient care by addressing HCP cognitive biases

How can we influence HCP cognitive biases to improve patient outcomes?

Context

A pharmaceutical company was seeking to deepen their understanding of Gastro treatment decision-making processes to identify cognitive biases that hold IBD patients back from a treatment switch when necessary.

Challenge

To help UC patients improve their care, the client needed concrete tactics for fighting Gastro cognitive biases that hold patients back from a treatment switch when they are actually switch ready.

Our Approach
  • Analysis / synthesis of themes identified in audio recordings of Gastro-patient appointments.
  • Video-recorded responses from Gastros and patients just before and after an actual medical appointment.
  • Ethnographic interviews including behavioral interviewing techniques, such as metacognitive exercises.

Our Impact

Equipped with a nuanced understanding of Gastro-patient relationship dynamics, as well as a newfound appreciation for the psychology of cognitive biases, the client team created several concepts to address the most impactful cognitive biases holding Gastros and patients back from treatment switch.

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"It's really exciting to see the commercial team embracing the HCP biases and the biases workshop generated clear tactics."

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